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From: crandell@ut-sally.UUCP (Jim Crandell)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: semiconductor definitions
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 15:56:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 15:56:10 1985
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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> HOLES .................... the presence of nothing
> 
> PLANCK'S CONSTANT ........ two board feet
> 
> TRANSPORT FACTOR ......... cousin of Max Factor
> 
> COLLECTOR ................ one who collects

    etc.

If I may add a few:


COLLECTOR DISSIPATION .... alternative result of being a collector

HIGH-BETA ................ what I do widda hooka if I wanna catcha fisha

INTRINSIC STANDOFF RATIO . measure of one's natural tendancy to behave
				like a snob

ION ...................... an appliance used to smooth wrinkled clothing

ION IMPLANT .............. such an appliance when used in a commercial
				envionment

DIFFUSION ................ a type of nuclear reaction in which atoms gain
				in atomic number, unlike DEFICIENT

WELL ..................... an extremely deep hole

P-WELL ................... to do a thorough job in the restroom

POLY LAYER ............... a parrot used for egg production

ENHANCEMENT MODE ......... (minor typo; should read ``enhancement mood'')
				a state of mind which mysteriously comes
				over an engineering unit's customer as
				soon as the design is complete

DEPLETION MODE ........... the manner in which custom LSI suppliers
				operate when approaching their customers'
				cash supplies
-- 

    Jim Crandell, C. S. Dept., The University of Texas at Austin
               {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!crandell


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