Glossary
Electronics Engineer Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential electronics engineer terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key electronics engineer vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in electronics engineer training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ABET
- Engineering program accreditor.
- Analog
- Continuous signals.
- BOM
- Bill of materials.
- CAD
- Computer-aided design.
- Digital
- On-off signals.
- EMC
- Electromagnetic compatibility.
- FE exam
- Fundamentals of Engineering exam.
- PCB
- Printed circuit board.
- PE license
- Professional Engineer license.
- Power supply
- Provides voltage.
- RF
- Radio frequency.
- Schematic
- Circuit diagram.
- Signal integrity
- Clean signals.
- Specification
- Detailed requirements.
- SPICE
- Circuit simulator.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Electronics Engineer practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Electronics Engineer training.
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