1/6/2002 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS 1 American space agency 5 Gear tooth 8 Warning indicator text 12 Oscillator vendor in Hudson, NH 16 Filter parameter, abbr. 18 Fraud 19 Transition from solid to liquid phase 20 Chemical symbol for arsenic 21 Government lawyers, abbr. 23 Nuclear explosion concern for electronics components 24 Wrath 25 Degree of IC sophistication 26 Reliability measure 28 Transmitter output stage 29 Home state of Los Alamos lab 30 Halves of DIP's 31 Type of adder 33 Connector vendor 35 Geometrical solid of revolution 36 Able to withstand any VSWR on input/output 38 Takes fright 40 Opposite of I.D. 41 Heat sink vendor in Laconia, NH 42 Semiconductor and calculator company 43 Problem area in an IC (e.g., contamination) 47 Soak up RF energy 51 Opamp voltage supply 52 Personal Digital Cellular 54 Sicilian volcano 55 Forerunner to NASA 56 Acidity unit 57 Modulation type 59 Adjusts a pot 61 Affirmative vote 62 Wreath of flowers 63 A person 65 Half of a DIP 66 Unit of time 67 Rotate 68 Connects to a source 70 Unix, Linux or Windows 71 Waveguide vendor in Hampton, NH 74 Hawaiian goose 75 Step in ballet 76 In bed	DOWN 2 A modulation format 3 Sister 4 Continuous dull pain 5 Personal computer vendor 6 Switch position 7 American spacecraft series 8 Data storage unit 9 Logic family 10 Network department 11 Offset Frequency Shift Keying 13 Increase voltage linearly 14 Short for terminal 15 Egyptian goddess of fertility 17 Streams of electrons 20 Width vs. length of a computer display 22 Thrust with a knife 25 Prefix for small 27 Influenza 30 Male child 32 Start frequency, abbr. 34 Repositioned 35 Super glue, abbr. 36 Nuclear reactor modulation device 37 Make lace 38 Personal Digital Assistant 39 Akin 44 Crystal surface 45 Electronics Inductry Association 46 Type of model airplane control system, abbr. 48 Chemical symbol for beryllium 49 Official Space Shuttle designation 50 Digital highs (positive logic) 52 My son's name 53 Wires 55 Logic gate 56 Scheduling graph type 58 Earth's natural satellite 60 Switch configuration 62 Control ____, transmission ____, data ____, etc. 64 Information 67 Unit of weight 69 Tap gently 71 European equivalent to the U.L. 72 1e-6 mA 73 Front edge of a wing, abbr.
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