Monday, 6 May 2024, 11:15 PM
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Course: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossary: Electronics (Mike Jaroch)
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BEVERAGE ANTENNA

A horizontal, long-wire antenna designed for reception and transmission of
low-frequency, vertically polarized ground waves [10].

BIAS

Difference of potential applied to a vacuum tube or transistor to establish a reference operating level [13].

BIAS CURRENT

Current that flows through the base-emitter junction of a transistor and is adjusted to set the operating point of the transistor [13].

BIDIRECTIONAL ARRAY

An array that radiates in opposite directions along the line of maximum
radiation [10].

BINARY

(1) A number system that uses a base, or radix, of 2. Two digits (1 and 0) are used in the binary system. (2) Pertaining to a characteristic that involves the selection, choice, or condition in which there are only two possibilities. (3) A bistable multivibrator (flip-flop) is one example of a binary device [13].

BINARY CODE

A method of representing two possible conditions (on or off, high or low, one or zero, the presence of a signal or absence of a signal). Electronic circuits designed to work in such a way that only two conditions are possible [13].

BINARY DIGIT

(1) A character that represents one of the two digits in the number system that has a radix of two. (2) Either of the digits 0 or 1 that may be used to represent the binary conditions of on or off [13].

BINARY NOTATION

See BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM [13].

BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM

A number system using two digits, symbols, or characters (usually 1 and 0) [13].

BINARY POINT

The radix point that separates powers of two and fractional powers of two in a binary number [13].