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 i d'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 (flæt l i nih) - 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 (fu tpag) - 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 (ki l h ts) - abbreviation for kilohertz, one thousand hertz. KoTNs (kQt nQs) - 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 (mi lise k 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 (pQt m ) - 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. |