Electronic component Facts for Kids

Resistors

Transistors

An electronic component is a basic electronic element. These components can be connected together to make circuits. Components can be single items (resistor, transistor) or in more or less complex groups as integrated circuits (logic gate, resistor array).

List of electronic components

A thin metal conductor

A flexible conducting electrical or optical link.

cable connector: connector at either end of a cable.
cable matcher: an impedance matching device that allows non-standard cable to be used with a particular device.
cable plant = all the cables, connectors and patch panels within a building or office.
cabling = cable as a material.
co-axial cable = Such cables are usually made of a conducting wire. Then there is some insulation, then there is another layer of conducting material. Finally there is the (insulating) mantle. Such cables are used as a high-frequency transmission line to carry a high-frequency or broadband signal. Because the electromagnetic field carrying the signal exists (ideally) only in the space between the inner and outer conductors, it cannot interfere with or suffer interference from external electromagnetic fields.
ribbon cable = A flat, thin cable containing many parallel wires. Because of their shape, ribbon cables are ideal for situations where space needs to be conserved. They're used, for example, within a computer chassis to connect disk drives to the disk drive controllers.
type cable = a specification for cable defined by IBM.