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ABR
( b   )
-
Auxiliary Bass
Radiator, ie a speaker built without a magnet on purpose.
AC
(
s ) -
abbreviation for
Alternating Current, ie when current flows alternately in opposite directions.
ADC
( d
s)
-
Analogue to
Digital Converter, the gizmo that converts a voltage to digital zeros and ones
(see DAC).
AfAR
( f )
-
Apologies for
Absence Received.
bridleway
(br id'lw)
- a
place people drive their cars along with a dog in the back so the dog can shit on a
footpath.
DAC
(dæk) -
Digital to
Analogue Converter, the omzig that converts digital zeros and ones to an
analogue voltage (see ADC).
flatlining
(flætlinih)
- when
a NaTKiT response test shows as a flat line along the bottom of the frame.
Usually caused by a loss of output or input. See
Flow
Chart.
FoN
(f n) -
Friend
of NaTCH.
footpath
(futpag) -
a
place people take their dog to shit (see bridleway).
 Hz
(h ts) -
abbreviation
for hertz the SI unit of frequency. One hertz is when
one cycle of something periodic, like a sine wave, takes one second. Named
after the German physicist Heinrich
Rudolph Hertz (1857 - 1894).
kHz
(kil hts)
- abbreviation
for kilohertz, one thousand hertz.
KoTNs
(kQtnQs)
- Keeper
of The NaTKiTs, ie a person expected to sort out any production test problems in
seconds but who is never allowed to do routine maintenance in case it interferes
with production.
millisecond
(milisek nd)
-
one thousandth of
a second, ie 0.001 seconds.
PCB
(p s b)
-
Printed Circuit
Board, the base on which most electronics is built.
PotM
(pQtm)
- Person
on the Move, ie someone changing jobs and not, as you might expect, someone with
a regular bowel function (see bridleway and footpath). 
rms
(
em es) -
abbreviation for root
mean square, ie the effective voltage or current of an AC
wave.
SI
(es i) -
abbreviation for International System of Units.
tweeter
(tw te)
-
a (usually) small speaker designed to
specifically handle high frequencies.
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