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Computers, Electronics & Technology[edit]

Basic Electrical Components: Transistor; Logic gate; Vacuum tube; Gas-filled tube; Passivity (engineering); Fuse (electrical); Resistor; Thermistor; Transformer; Varistor; Wollaston wire; Capacitor; Ceramic resonator; Crystal oscillator; Inductor; Semiconductor device
Basics: Computer hardware; Computer case; Power supply unit (computer); Motherboard; Chipset; BIOS; Bus (computing); Expansion card; Video card; Sound card; Mainframe computer; Supercomputer; ENIAC
Processors: Electronic circuit; Integrated circuit; Central processing unit; Microprocessor; Multi-core processor; Floating-point unit; Complex instruction set computing; Reduced instruction set computing; Processor design; Arithmetic logic unit; Graphics processing unit; Framebuffer; Stream processing; Physics processing unit; Ray tracing hardware; Vector graphics; Raster graphics; General-purpose computing on graphics processing units; GPU cluster; Advanced Micro Devices; ATI Technologies; List of AMD microprocessors; List of AMD accelerated processing unit microprocessors; List of AMD graphics processing units; Intel; List of Intel microprocessors; Intel GMA; List of Intel graphics processing units; Nvidia; List of Nvidia graphics processing units; Cyrix; ARM architecture; List of ARM microarchitectures; List of applications of ARM cores; Comparison of current ARM cores; Comparison of ARMv7-A cores; Comparison of ARMv8-A cores; System on a chip; X86 virtualization
Processor Architectures: Intel 8086; Intel 80186; Intel 80286; Intel 80386; Intel 80486; P5 (microarchitecture); P6 (microarchitecture); NetBurst (microarchitecture); Intel Core (microarchitecture); Penryn (microarchitecture); Nehalem (microarchitecture); Westmere (microarchitecture); Sandy Bridge; Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture); Haswell (microarchitecture); Broadwell (microarchitecture); Larrabee (microarchitecture); Skylake (microarchitecture); Cannonlake; Bonnell (microarchitecture); Itanium; Montecito (processor); Tukwila (processor); AMD K5; AMD K6; AMD K6-2; AMD K6-III; AMD 10h; AMD K8; AMD Turion; Athlon; Bobcat (microarchitecture); Bulldozer (microarchitecture); Jaguar (microarchitecture); Puma (microarchitecture); AMD Am2900; XScale
Memory & Storage: Computer memory; Non-volatile memory; Drum memory; Bubble memory; Twistor memory; Thin-film memory; Magnetic-core memory; Plated wire memory; Read-only memory; Magnetic tape data storage; Mask ROM; Programmable read-only memory; EPROM; EEPROM; Non-volatile random-access memory; Flash memory; NvSRAM; Nano-RAM; Ferroelectric RAM; Magnetoresistive random-access memory; Phase-change memory; Magnetic tape; Hard disk drive; Solid-state drive; Hybrid drive; Memory Stick; Memory card; Secure Digital; CompactFlash; USB flash drive; Optical disc drive; CD-ROM; DVD; Blu-ray Disc; HD DVD; Disk pack; Zip drive; Floppy disk; Programmable metallization cell; SONOS; Resistive random-access memory; Racetrack memory; Millipede memory; FJG; Volatile memory; Random-access memory; Dynamic random-access memory; DDR SDRAM; Static random-access memory; T-RAM; Z-RAM
Displays: Display device; Seven-segment display; Fourteen-segment display; Sixteen-segment display; Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller; Cathode ray tube; LED display; Electroluminescent display; Electronic paper; E Ink; Plasma display; Liquid-crystal display; High-Performance Addressing; Thin-film transistor; OLED; Surface-conduction electron-emitter display; Laser video display; Quantum dot display; Interferometric modulator display; Volumetric display; Laser lighting display; Holographic display; Light field; Digital image processing; LCD projector
Interfaces: System bus; Front-side bus; Back-side bus; Daisy chain (electrical engineering); Control bus; Address bus; Bus contention; Network on a chip; Plug and play; List of device bit rates; S-100 bus; Unibus; VAXBI Bus; MBus (SPARC); STD Bus; System Management Bus; Q-Bus; Europe Card Bus; Industry Standard Architecture; STEbus; Amiga Zorro II; Amiga Zorro III; Computer Automated Measurement and Control; FASTBUS; Low Pin Count; HP Precision Bus; Extended Industry Standard Architecture; VMEbus; VME eXtensions for Instrumentation; VXS; NuBus; TURBOchannel; Micro Channel architecture; SBus; VESA Local Bus; Conventional PCI; PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation; GSC bus; CoreConnect; InfiniBand; Ultra Port Architecture; PCI-X; Accelerated Graphics Port; PCI Express; Direct Media Interface; RapidIO; Intel QuickPath Interconnect; HyperTransport; ST-506; Enhanced Small Disk Interface; Storage Module Device; Parallel ATA; Serial Storage Architecture; Digital Storage Systems Interconnect; HIPPI; Serial ATA; ESATAp; SCSI; Parallel SCSI; Serial attached SCSI; Fibre Channel; SATA Express; M.2; Apple Desktop Bus; HIL bus; MIDI; Multibus; RS-232; RS-422; RS-423; RS-485; DMX512; IEEE-488; IEEE 1284; UNI/O; ACCESS.bus; 1-Wire; IEC 61030; I²C; Serial Peripheral Interface Bus; Profibus; USB; IEEE 1394; Camera Link; Thunderbolt (interface); ADAT Lightpipe; AES3; Intel High Definition Audio; I²S; MADI; McASP; S/PDIF; TOSLINK; PC Card; ExpressCard; Multidrop bus; Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture; Wishbone (computer bus)
Internet: Internet protocol suite; Near field communication; IEEE P1906.1; Body area network; Personal area network; CAN bus; Near-me area network; Local area network; Campus network; Backbone network; Metropolitan area network; Wide area network; Internet area network; Interplanetary Internet; Internet; World Wide Web; Peer-to-peer; Voice over IP; IPTV; List of countries by Internet connection speeds; Cable modem; Dial-up Internet access; Digital subscriber line; DOCSIS; Ethernet; Fiber to the x; G.hn; HomePlug; HomePNA; IEEE 1901; Integrated Services Digital Network; Multimedia over Coax Alliance; Passive optical network; Power-line communication; LTE (telecommunication); Bluetooth; Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications; Evolution-Data Optimized; General Packet Radio Service; High Speed Packet Access; IBurst; Li-Fi; Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service; Municipal wireless network; Satellite Internet access; UMTS-TDD; WiBro; WiMAX; Wireless USB; Wi-Fi
A/V Interfaces: Component video; YPbPr; Composite video; D-Terminal; DB13W3; VESA Digital Flat Panel; DIN connector; DMS-59; Digital Visual Interface; RCA connector; S-Video; VGA connector; Apple Display Connector; TV aerial plug; VESA Enhanced Video Connector; F connector; HDBaseT; HDMI; DisplayPort; Mobile High-Definition Link; Phone connector (audio); VESA Plug and Display; PDMI; SCART
Peripherals: Peripheral; Input device; Computer keyboard; Mouse (computing); Graphics tablet; Touchscreen; Barcode reader; Image scanner; Microphone; Webcam; Game controller; Output device; Computer monitor; Printer (computing); Projector; Computer speaker; Computer data storage; Disk storage; Smartphone; Tablet computer; Input/output; Modem; Network interface controller; Digital camera
Semiconductor Technology: Semiconductor; Electrical resistivity and conductivity; Insulator (electricity); Solar cell; Light-emitting diode; Electron; Electricity; Electric current; Doping (semiconductor); P–n junction; Silicon; Germanium; Gallium; Field effect (semiconductor); Depletion region; Rectifier; Band gap; Bipolar junction transistor; Quantum dot; Thermoelectric generator; Thermoelectric materials; List of semiconductor materials; Gallium arsenide; Silicon carbide; Dislocation; Crystal twinning; Crystallographic defect; Wafer (electronics); Czochralski process; Photovoltaics; Microelectronics; Zone melting; Semiconductor industry; Semiconductor characterization techniques
Advanced Computing Technologies: Qubit; Quantum computer; D-Wave Systems; Timeline of quantum computing; Optical computing; Optical transistor; Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor; Carbon nanotube
Data: 8b/10b encoding; Transition-minimized differential signaling; 64b/66b encoding; Return-to-zero; Non-return-to-zero; Manchester code; Differential Manchester encoding; 4B3T; 4B5B; 2B1Q; Bipolar encoding; Modified AMI code; Coded mark inversion; MLT-3 encoding; Hybrid ternary code; 6b/8b encoding; Eight-to-fourteen modulation; Delay encoding; TC-PAM; Carrier-Suppressed Return-to-Zero; Alternate-Phase Return-to-Zero; Serial communication; Parallel communication; Digital signal; Data transmission; Modulation; Pulse-amplitude modulation; Pulse-code modulation; Amplitude modulation; Frequency modulation; Phase modulation; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Space modulation; Single-sideband modulation; Amplitude-shift keying; Amplitude and phase-shift keying; Continuous phase modulation; Frequency-shift keying; Multiple frequency-shift keying; Minimum-shift keying; On-off keying; Pulse-position modulation; Phase-shift keying; Single-carrier FDMA; Trellis modulation; Chirp spread spectrum; Direct-sequence spread spectrum; Frequency-hopping spread spectrum; Time-hopping
Networking: Telecommunications link; Node (networking); Terminal (telecommunication); Network switch; Telephone exchange; ARPANET; BITNET; FidoNet; Mobile telephony; Next-generation network; Public switched telephone network; Radio network; Telecommunications equipment; Television network; Telex; Wireless network; Multi-user MIMO; Frequency-division multiplexing; Time-division multiplexing; Polarization-division multiplexing; Orbital angular momentum multiplexing; Code division multiple access; Coaxial cable; Free-space optical communication; Optical fiber; Radio wave; Telephone line; Microwave
Broadcasting: Electromagnetic spectrum; Longwave; Medium wave; Shortwave radio; Very high frequency; L band; C band; Ku band; S band; CAM-D; Digital Audio Broadcasting; Digital Radio Mondiale; FMeXtra; HD Radio; Astra Digital Radio; DVB-SH; S-DMB; ETSI Satellite Digital Radio; Amplitude modulation signalling system; DirectBand; Program-associated data; Radio Data System; Subsidiary communications authority; AM broadcasting; AM expanded band; Cable radio; Digital radio; FM broadcast band; FM broadcasting; Multipath propagation; Shortwave relay station
Multimedia