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#30998: "So many of the things we take for granted everyday relies"

Should be rely.--Charles Blaine

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21-Feb-08
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#31000: "In the first section of the book,Basic Electricity, we..."

Needs a space.--Charles Blaine

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21-Feb-08
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#31001: "Voltage is defined as the difference in electrical potential between two points in an electrical circuit. It is a measure of the electrical e...more...
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#29623: Figure 2.1 and 2.2 are equations not figures, you don't use a figure to do calculations, you use an equation. I would kindly suggest that y...more...
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04-Sep-07
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#29826: I'd suggest changing the layout of figure 2.2. The first time I looked at it I thought that Power = Current / Voltage because the Current box...more...
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04-Nov-07
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#30997: Unless I am misunderstanding something, 9 * 1.8mA is not 9.8mV. It's 16.2mV.--Charles Blaine

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21-Feb-08
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#33841: Second sentence is unclear "He proposed that the discovery
was centered around dissimilar metal of the knife. "

Great book!--abhi

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08-Aug-08
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#35398: Thomas Watson is not the inventor of the transistor. Neither Thomas A. (co-inventor of the telephone) nor Thomas J. (the man who made IBM use...more...
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22-Oct-08
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#30019: This sentence is not correct: However, some parts of the processor may work faster than others meaning that some data may be sitting id...more...
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17-Dec-07
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#30020: Missing an "s" at the end:

One problem with traces on a printed circuit board is that
they are purely two dimension.--Kyle Oba

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17-Dec-07
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#30021: Missing an "s" after "get":

This presents a problem when there get to be
a large number of traces—--Kyle Oba

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17-Dec-07
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#30022: "is the one" is not proper:

RAM, or Random Access Memory, is the one of the most important parts
of the whole computer system--Kyle Oba

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17-Dec-07
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#31196: The contents are incomplete and not comprehensible. Is it some printing errors? " CD-RW Burners Use a phase change medium, which melts ...more...
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11-Mar-08
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#31244: The word 'electeomagnetic' should be electromagnetic--Kwan Hon Luen

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15-Mar-08
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#31243: The word suck should be replaced as such.--Kwan Hon Luen

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