1 ABCDEFGHIJ K LMNOPQRSTUVWX Y Z ABNORMAL FAILURE: An artificially induced failure of a component, usually as a result of “ abnormals” testing for regulatory agency safety compliance
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE: The temperature of the environment, usually the still air in the immediate proximity of the power supply
APPARENT POWER: A value of power for AC circuits that is calculated as the product of RMS current times RMS voltage, without taking the power factor into account
BANDWIDTH: A range of frequencies over which a certain phenomenon is to be considered
BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR: A transistor operates by the action of minority carries across a P/N junction, and is a current controlled device as opposed to a voltage controlled device
BLEEDER RESISTOR: A resistor added to a circuit for the purpose