Product Description

Continuing in the tradition of its best-selling predecessors, this updated dictionary of electronics terms coves a broader range of subjects in an easier-to-use format than any other source of its kind. No comparable reference offers such a vast range of definitions, abbreviations, acronyms, illustrations, schematics, diagrams, and conversion tables. More than 28,000 definitions--plus over 1,000 clear and functional illustrations--make the Eighth Edition the ultimate reference for technicians, hobbyists, and students. Many new terms and illustrations from robotics, artificial intelligence, and personal computing as they relate to electronics are included. Definitions spelled out in plain English with minimal technical jargon make the Dictionary accessible to beginning, intermediate, and advanced electronics professionals. You'll find coverage of the latest terminology in: Wireless technology; Lasers; Digital Television; Radio; IC Technology; Digita; and Analog Electronics; Audio and Video Power Supplies; Fiber Optic Communications. Existing definitions have been updated, obsolete material has been deleted, and all entries have been reviewed by an editorial review board to assure their accuracy. You can look for a better source of definitions in electronics...but you won't find one! For the first time the eighth edition will come with a fully searchable, cross-linked version of the book in Adobe PDF format. As well, links to bonus material taken from other McGraw-Hill electronics titles will provide and additional 500 pages worth of content.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #741235 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 791 pages

From the Back Cover
"An everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about electronics reference ... A-Z definitions ("zwitterion" is the last entry), acronyms, illustrations, schematic symbols, and electrical system conversion tables relating to the core basics of this field, plus terminology denoting the latest technological developments."
Book News, on the 7th Edition

"An excellent tool for electronics in the broadest sense ... highly recommended."
American Reference Books Annual

"Very useful for day-to-day reference."
Technical Book Review

No comparable reference offers as many easy-to-read definitions, abbreviations, acronyms, illustrations, schematics, diagrams, and conversion tables in electronics as this up-to-date dictionary featuring two ways to find answers. With Stan Gibilisco's highly rated, best-selling The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics, you can look up the term you want quickly on the fully searchable CD-ROM or find your definition near at hand in print all for one modest price.

This one-of-a-kind CD and print Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics lets you:

Access any of 28,000 definitions and 1,000 illustrations nearly instantly with the searchable CD-ROM or print edition

Understand what you're reading with the most jargon-free definitions in electronics

Find the meanings of new terms from wireless, convergence, robotics, artificial intelligence, personal computing, lasers, DTV, radio, IC technology, digital and analog electronics, audio and video, power supplies, fiber optics, and more

Link to related terms or easily search anew with the CD-ROM

Find everything you need and more than you expected

This book's editor says: "You can look for a better source of definitions in electronics ... but you won't find one!"

About the Author
Stan Gibilisco is a professional technical writer who specializes in books on electronics and science topics. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Electronics, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics, as well as over 20 other technical books. His published works have won numerous awards. The Encyclopedia of Electronics was chosen a "Best Reference Book of the 1980s" by the American Library Association, which also named his McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing a "Best Reference of 1996.

Customer Reviews

Clear and concise definitions of all terms.
This is the best electronics dictionary I've ever run across. All of the definitions are clear and concise. There are many cross-references to other similar topics. Students and technicians will find this dictionary especially suited to their needs.

Concise and complete. I use it almost every day.
This book is the most straightforward and comprehensive electronics dictionary I have found. The illustrations are simple, and are easy to interpret. I think some terms have illustrations when they aren't needed. I really appreciate the fact that the mathematics is not too complicated.

Each definition requires referencing other definitions
Best to look for another electronics dictionary that's a little more down to earth!