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<h1> pcb-rnd User Manual: Appendix </h1>
<h2>9.6 Glossary</h2>
<h3>Useful terminology for a common vernacular</h3>
This glossary is under construction. It currently combines terms that focus
pertain to any of the following facet subjects.
<ol>
<li>pcb-rnd specific terminology</li>
<li>pcb manufacturer terminology</li>
<li>pcb CAD layout and design terminology</li>
<li>CAD/graphics common design terminology</li>
</ol>
We will fill in definitions, continue to add terms, and determine an
appropriatly faceted method to index the terms.
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<caption><b>Combined Glossary Table</b>
<th>term<th>description<th>facets
<tr><td> 5/5 <td>5mil minimum traces & 5mil minimum spacing</td></tr>
<tr><td> 6/5 <td>6mil minimum traces & 5mil minimum spacing</td></tr>
<tr><td> AMC <td>aluminum metal core</td></tr>
<tr><td><dt>ACY</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>additive</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Adhesive</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Altium</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Annular Ring</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Annulus</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>AOI automatic optical inspection</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Aperture</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Arc</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Array</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>assembly</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>AutoCAD</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>autorouter</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Autotrax</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Autotrax</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>AXI automated x-ray inspection</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Axial</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Bakelite</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>BGA</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Blind Via </dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>bloat</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>board house</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Board Thickness</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Breadboard</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>buffer</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Buried Via </dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>bus</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>C4 Controlled collapse chip connection</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>CAD</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>CAM files</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>CAM</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Capture</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Card Edge connector</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Castellations</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>CEM-1</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>CEM-3</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Centroid</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>centroid</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Chip Scale Package</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>clad</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Clearance</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Coating (Spin, Roll, Film)</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>COB</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Component Side </dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Component</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Computer Aided Design</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Computer Aided Machining</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Conformal Coating</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Conformal coating</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>connect</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Copper Foil</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Copper weight</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Copper</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>copper</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>courtyard</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>cte coefficient of thermal expansion (see tce)</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Curve, open</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>delamination</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>DFSM Dry film soldermask</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Dialectric</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Diameter</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Dielectric</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>differential pair</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>DIP</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Discrete Component</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>double-sided</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>DRC design rule check</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Drill file</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Eagle</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>EDF</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>EDI Electronic Data Interchange</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Endpoint</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>ENIG Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>epoxy resin</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>ESD Electrostatic Discharge</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Etching</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Excellon</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>explicit layer</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>fabrication fab</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Feedthrough Via</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>fidocad</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Fiducial</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Finger</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Finite Element Filter</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Fixture</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>flags</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Flex</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Flip chip</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>flood fill</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Flux</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Flying probe</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Foil</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>font</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Footprint</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>FR-1</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>FR-2</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>FR-3</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>FR-4</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Gcode</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>gEDA</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Gerber</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>grid snap</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>grid-pitch</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>grid</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Hard Gold pcb surface finish (slip rings, fingers, etc)</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>HASL Hot Air surface levelling</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>High Density Interconnect(HDI)</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Hole</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Immersion Silver</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Immersion Tin</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>implicit layer</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Integrated Circuit</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>IPC (circa 1957)</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>JIT</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Kapton</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>KiCAD</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Knife</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Laminate</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Land</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Laser </dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Layer Group</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Layer Sequence</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Layers (Physical)</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Layers (Virtual)</dt> </tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Library</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Lihata</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>mask</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Masonite</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Mentor</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Mil</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Milling</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>milling</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Mirroring</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Mouse bites</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Multilayer</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>neckdown</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>negative process</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Negative transfer</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>NEMA</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Net</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Netlist</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>ODB++</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>OrCAD</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>OSP Organic Solderability preservative</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>outline</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Package</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Pad</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>padstack</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Panel Service</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>panel</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Panelization</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>paste stencil</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>paste</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Path</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>pcb-rnd</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>PCB</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>PDIP</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>phenolic resin</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Photoengraving</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Photoresist</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>pick and place pnp</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Pin</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>pinout</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>pitch</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>PLCC plastic lead chip carrier</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>plotter</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon hole</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon, complex</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon, concave</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon, convex</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon, irregular</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon, regular</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon, simple</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Polygon</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>polygon</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>positive process</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Positive transfer</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Protel</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>PTH</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Pyralux AP</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Pyralux FR</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Pyralux LF</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>QFP</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Radial Lead</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Raster</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>rat</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Ratsnest</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>refdes Reference Designator, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_designator</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>reflow</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Registration</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>resin</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>resist</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>RF</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Rigid-Flex</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Route and Retain</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>routing style</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Routing</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>routing</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>RS-274D</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>RS-274X</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Rubylithe</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Scoring</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Short</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Silk Screen</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Silk</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>silk</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>single-sided</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>SIP</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>slot</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>SMD</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>SMOBC soldermask over bare copper</dt> prevent unintended flow of tin/lead during reflow </tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>SMT</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Snap</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>SOIC</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Solder Side</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Solder</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>STEP</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Subcircuit</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Substrate</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Subtractive</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Symbol</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Tape out</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>TCE thermal coefficient of expansion</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>tEDAx</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Tented(Via)</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>terminal</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>TG Glass transition temp</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Thermal Via Thermal relief</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Thou</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Tin Whisker</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Tin</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>TinyCAD</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Tolerance</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>tombstone</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>tooling</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>toolpath generator</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>toolpath</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>toporouter</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Trace</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>TT toner transfer</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>V-Cut</dt> aka v-scoring</tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>V-score</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Vcc</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Vdd</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Vector</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Via stitching</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Via</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Wave Solder</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>Wire bonding</dt></tr></td>
<tr><td><dt>XY</dt></tr></td>
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