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Time for some serious business. From the current issue of IEEE Communications
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Magazine:
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propagation delay: gestation period
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rise time: interval between pay increases
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flip-flop: unpopular reverse side of hit record
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exclusive-OR: mistress
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lookahead adder: farsighted snake
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decade counter: the grim reaper
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automatic gain control: wage and price regulations
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balanced modulator: mezzo-soprano on a tightrope
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line receiver: victim of fraud
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line driver: perpetrator of fraud
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dynamic RAM: a lothario of the pasture
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sync period: boat warranty time
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hex inverter: device for witch countermeasures
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multiplexer: situation causing many worries
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one-shot: unreliable weapon
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rectifier: ombudsman
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jump instruction: order to paratrooper
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load resistor: teetotaller
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plan position indicator: Kama Sutra
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relaxation oscillator: vibra-bed
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UART: thou are
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I/O bus: seven dwarfs' transportation
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heat shrink: tropical psychiatrist
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PROM: high school dance
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parity bit: union bargaining gimmick
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p-type junction: crossroads with comfort station
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two bit latch: cheap lock
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integrated circuit: nonrace track
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discrete device: little white lie
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transient suppression: anti-vagrancy law
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square wave: conventional hair style
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four terminal network: small railway company
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low pass: indecent proposition
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disk crash: UFO accident
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hex code: witchcraft standards
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push-down stack: a romp in the hay
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floppy disk: tired UFO
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binary loader: double Scotch
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core dump: orchard compost heap
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indirect addressing: post office box
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memory management: brainwashing
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common collector: ordinary garbage man
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log amplifier: tree fertilizer
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full duplex: overcrowded tenement
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power connection: friend in high places
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power switch: change in government
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delayed trigger: loser in gunfight
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monostable: for one horse
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twisted pair: the odd couple
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stripline: queue outside The Condor
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antenna coupling: insect foreplay
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screwdriver adjustment: additional vodka
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long term drift: Kon-Tiki expedition
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burn-in: pyromaniac convention
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output impedance: work stoppage
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megahertz: large car rental company
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dedicated computer: loyal accountant
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base drive: primitive motivation
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transformer: successful evangelist
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pulse delay: cardiac arrest
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Johnson counter: Howard's cafeteria
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current mode logic: contemporary fad in mathematics
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phase lock: frozen expression
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delay line: debtor's story
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semiconductor: part time railwayman
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disk drive: slap shot
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subroutine: undersea maneuvers
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baud rates: libertine fee schedule
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CMOS: undersea vegetation
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bonding wire: cheap wedding ring
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battery charger: assault case prosecutor
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slip ring: counterfeit negligee organization
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standard cell: ordinary prison accomodation
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vidicon: TV commercial
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data extractor: census taker
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banana plug: fruit marketing board advertisement
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crimp termination: death by strangulation
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truth table: torture rack
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