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electronic

The use of electricity in intelligence-bearing devices, such as radios, TVs, instruments, computers and telecommunications. Electricity used as raw power for heat, light and motors is considered electrical, not electronic.

Although coined earlier, "Electronics" magazine (1930) popularized the term. The magazine subheading read "Electron Tubes - Their Radio, Audio, Visio and Industrial Applications." The term was derived from the electron (vacuum) tube.


electronic
1. of, concerned with, using, or operated by devices in which electrons are conducted through a semiconductor, free space, or gas
2. of or concerned with electronics
3. of or concerned with electrons or an electron
4. involving or concerned with the representation, storage, or transmission of information by electronic systems


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Understanding the value of information technology enable responsiveness", The Eletronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation 1(1), 1997, http://is.
Aspen, which serves the needs of legal, business and healthcare professionals, publishes more than 400 journals, newsletters, eletronic products and loose-leaf reference manuals, and has more than 1,000 books in print.
 
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