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ABC of electronics terms

(To find chips for distinct functions, see the functional pages.)

G

GAL

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.cypress.com/	Cypress
www.ictpld.com/	ICT
www.latticesemi.com/	Lattice
www.vantis.com/	Vantis

Germanium

www.americanmicrosemi.com/tutorials/germaniumdiodes.htm

GIS

Geographic Information Systems

• www.census.gov/geo/www/faq-index.html - FAQ
• See also GPS.

GPS

Global Positioning Service

• www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/gisfaq?Q5.2
• www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html
• vancouver-webpages.com/pub/peter/idx_gps.html
• See also GIS.
• vancouver-webpages.com/pub/peter/ - Peter Bennett's site

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications, is the current standard for mobile phones in many parts of the world.

www.bryte.net/gsm.asp

Nice FAQ about GSM

GUI

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:

www.iarchitect.com/mshame.htm	"Interface Hall of Shame". (About MS oriented software).
www.mackido.com/Interface/	About errors in Mac oriented software.