English > electronic equipment: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor). |
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| Parts | circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit | An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
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| electrode | A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit |
| Narrower | CD player | A stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set |
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| amplifier | electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it |
| audio system, sound system | A system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound |
| cassette player | electronic equipment for playing cassettes |
| central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing |
| circuitry | electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits |
| detector | electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity |
| equalizer, equaliser | electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion |
| lens, electron lens | electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons |
| mixer | electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal |
| modem | (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line |
| monitor | A piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble |
| monitor | electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions |
| off-line equipment, auxiliary equipment | electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit |
| oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities |
| peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device | (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer |
| playback | electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material |
| radio-phonograph, radio-gramophone | electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player |
| scrambler | electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception |
| set | Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals |
| tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers) |
| tape player | electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes |
| telephone, phone, telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds |
| television equipment, video equipment | electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound |
| terminal | electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer |
| Broader | equipment | An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
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| Spanish | equipamiento electrónico, equipo electrónico |
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| Catalan | equip electrònic |
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