#electronics definition
- Analog — Presenting an analogy; resembling, similar, or partially identical to another object, phenomenon, or concept from a structural or functional viewpoint. In electronics and cybernetics, it describes a device, signal, or computer that operates with continuous physical quantities (voltage, current) to represent data, as opposed to digital systems. In biology, it refers to organs with similar functions but different embryonic origins.
- Autodyne — A radio receiver circuit or electronic tube in which the same active element (vacuum tube or transistor) simultaneously fulfills the role of a local oscillator and a detector-mixer for high-frequency signals; a regenerative receiver adjusted to the brink of oscillation for receiving continuous waves.
- Autostart — The structural capacity or process through which a mechanical, electrical, software system, or an engine triggers and begins its operation automatically, in response to a predefined stimulus or upon the restoration of power supply, without the manual intervention of an operator. In computer science and electronics, it describes the autonomous boot function or the automatic initialization of software services upon detecting a specific system state.