a control system with a feedback loop that is active
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Early warning system
a network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept them
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a control system with a feedback loop that is active
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.(computer science) a network of computers
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.a system for controlling the operation of another system
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Geography, Maps, GIS and spatial data.(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the cont…
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.; "In a bus network, every station rece…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data tra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.; "FLIP is a connectionless protoc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.; "FLIP is a connectionless protoc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: network, radar, installations, designed, detect.provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
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