At the same time, it bequeathed its name to the later genre of continental literature, the novel, which is known in French as roman, in Italian as romanzo, etc. (The English term romance, however, carries a pejorative connotation.)
Various electronic components. An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields. transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electrical power. 1  Transistors. 2  Bipolar junction transistor (BJT, or simply transistor) â NPN or PNP. 3  Photo transistor â Amplified photodetector.
What's in electronic devices? Electronic devices are a complex mixture of several hundred materials. A mobile phone, for example, contains 500 to 1000 components. Many of these contain toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium and beryllium and hazardous chemicals, such as brominated flame retardants. Polluting PVC plastic is also frequently used.