IPC - T-50N
Terms and Definitions for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
Organization: | IPC |
Publication Date: | 1 November 2021 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 92 |
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This document is designed to provide definitions for terms commonly used in the electronics industry. The definitions are intended to provide sufficient clarity of detail such that a reader utilizing English as a second language could understand the subtleties of the meaning. Terms which have a specialized meaning or usage within a single IPC document may be defined differently within that document. Commonly used English language terms which do not change meaning when applied to electronics are not defined here.
Acronyms commonly used in electronics are defined in Appendix A.
Note: Throughout this document many terms contain a definition that only refers to another term. An example would be the term "Printed Circuit Board", whose definition reads as "See 'Printed Board'". In such cases, the term being referred to (in this example "Printed Board") is the preferred industry term, and the term whose definition contains the reference (in this example "Printed Circuit Board") is considered an historic or legacy term.
Note: Changes made to this revision of the IPC-T-50 are indicated throughout by gray-shading of the term and definition and/or Figure header.