12/1/2003 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

Take a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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Engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Electricity's counterpart in Maxwell's equations

8 Attenuator

9 Degree of IC sophistication, abbr.

10 Unit of resistance

12 Unit of time

13 Transmission Control Protocol

14 Galilean moon

16 Network department, abbr.

18 Front edge of a wing, abbr.

20 BPF specification

21 Greek letter (micro)

22 Logical negation

24 Radio Frequency Interference

25 Brightest star in the Aquila constellation

26 JPG, GIF, TIF, BMP, etc.

28 Charged particle

30 Thread cutting tool

32 Time Delay

33 Symbol for helium

34 Modulation type, abbr.

36 Symbol for tin

37 PC follower

38 Software drafting tool, abbr.

40 Electromagnetic, abbr.

42 The only tube left in most computers

43 Last stages in transmitters, abbr.

44 Semiconductor manufacturer, abbr.

45 Programming language

DOWN

1 ELI the ICE ___

2 Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line

3 Nordic Mobile Telephone

4 Keyboard key in the upper left, abbr.

5 End of soldering iron

6 Small DIP package

7 Reciprocal of the ohm

11 Receiver measure of quality

15 Idle current designation

17 Technical Order

19 Occlusion of one heavenly body by another

20 Equation

21 300 kHz to 3 MHz

23 Largest moon of Saturn

24 Type of coaxial cable

27 Indium Gallium Arsenide semiconductor

29 Opposite of I.D.

31 Information Services

33 Web page language

35 Software function selection mechanism

37 Section of a circle

38 Athalon, Pentium, or Itanium, etc.

39 Digital Signal Processor

41 Metal parts engineers, abbr.

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