ABC of electronics terms
(To find chips for distinct functions, see the functional pages.)
Generic Array Logic
Is a reprogrammable PAL*.
It's also more versatile and can be used to replace
a lot of different kinds of PAL*'s.
The term seems to be from Lattice.
A GAL for analog usage is called FPAA or TRAC.
www.americanmicrosemi.com/tutorials/germaniumdiodes.htm
Geographic Information Systems
Global Positioning Service
Global System for Mobile communications, is the current standard for mobile phones in many parts of the world.
Graphical User Interface. This is the visual and mouse oriented interface that
the Mac, XWindows, Nextstep and MS's Windows are using.
Here are sites that list the errors that programmers made: