INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS
ELECTRONICS IS THE FIELD OF
ENGINEERING AND APPLIED PHYSICS DEALING WITH THE
DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF
DEVICES, USUALLY ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, THE OPERATION
OF WHICH DEPENDS ON THE FLOW
OF ELECTRONS FOR THE GENERATION,
TRANSMISSION, RECEPTION, AND
STORAGE OF INFORMATION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ELECTRONICS TOOK PLACE IN THE
LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND TREMENDOUS
ADVANCES WERE MADE IN THE
BRANCH OF SCIENCE DURING THE TWENTIETH.
APPLICATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY
CAN BE FOUND INCALCULATORS, COMPUTERS,
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS,
MICRO-OVENS, FIRE ALARMS, ETC. TODAY'S CONSUMER
MARKET IS FLOODED WITH
LECTRONIC DEVICES UNHEARD OF A GENERATION AGO.