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Starting electronics<br />

resistance property of a substance to resist the flow of current.<br />

Measured in ohms.<br />

resistance converter another term for voltage follower.<br />

resistor electronic component used to control electricity. A<br />

large number of different types and values are available.<br />

reverse biased a diode is reverse biased when its cathode<br />

is at a more positive potential than its anode.<br />

ripple voltage the small a.c. voltage superimposed on the<br />

large d.c. voltage supplied by a power supply.<br />

saturation reverse current the small reverse current<br />

which occurs when a diode is reverse biased but not broken<br />

down.<br />

scale the numbers marked on a multi-meter which the<br />

pointer points to.<br />

self-bias a form of biasing a common emitter transistor which<br />

regulates any variance in the transistor’s current gain.<br />

series joined end-to-end, in line.<br />

sinewave a constantly varying a.c. signal. Sinewaves are<br />

generally used to test electronic circuits as they comprise a<br />

periodic signal of one signal frequency.<br />

smoothing the process of averaging out a rectified d.c. wave,<br />

so that the resultant waveform is more nearly steady.<br />

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