microphone (mic)

A device containing a transducer for converting sound waves into electrical signals

that can then be amplified, transmitted, and output through a speaker. See also speaker and transducer.

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• BBS (Bulletin Board System)
• B Carrier
• BCC (Block Check Character)
• B channel (Bearer channel)
• BCH (Bose, Chaudhuri, and Hocquengham)
• BCM (Bit Compression Multiplexer)
• beaconing
• beaconing
• beamsplitter
• beamsplitter
• bearer channel (B channel)
• BECN (Backward Explicit Congestion Notification)
• beeper
• bel (B)
• Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922)
• Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
• Bellcore (Bell Communications Research)
• Bell Labs (AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories)
• Bell Operating Company (BOC)
• Bell System
• Bell System
• Bell System
• Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs)
• bend diameter
• bending loss