I believe that it would be useful if there was a false component in electronics – which would serve as a foil against the un-initiated.
It would be extremely helpful if this term was universal, such that those in the know were immediately aware on it – and could respond accordingly.

Mechanics has the encabulator, dis-combobulator and many other such terms – but as far as I am aware there is no similar term in electronics (other than perhaps flux capacitor).

I envisage the term being used in presentations to senior management; such as the main reason for the project delay/overrun being the availability of flux capacitors from our Far East supplier.
Those more malevolent might place high value orders for flux capacitors, signed off by the accounts department.

The term ‘flux capacitor’ would be ideal – but is it too widely known, and so another term is needed.
To me, ‘Magnetron’ would be ideal – it made up of ‘magne’ (possibly relating to magnetics) and ‘tron’ (possibly relating to electronics); the only problem being that there is such a thing as a magnetron.

I invite all AAC members to make suggestions – maybe we could hold a vote to determine the best suggestion.

 

The MAYBE gate?
I have come across a few of those.

 

What you need is called a dyristor.



Always have one of these installed in your circuit. It prevents the circuit from prematurely dying.

 

There's also the Darkness Emitting Diode-- the DED.

 

How about an electron-hole pair recombinator?

 

I would vote for the DED. It's just well enough known to gain wide acceptance. Being an acronym also adds a useful level of ambiguity.

The dyristor would be a good second choice. The other "fool's errand" terms offered for consideration thus far seem either too obvious or too wordy to me.

Since I've not been invited as a delegate to the international convention on electronics fool's errand terms (ICEFET), my opinion is probably to no avail anyway.

By the way, a triaxial mutual capacitance device with a flux electrolyte is trivial to construct.

 

Whenever I have built a circuit that included Dark Emitting Diodes (DEDs), reference to the manufacturers spectral response for the part is critical for its correct operation. And when switched at very high frequency (>100MHz) the performance may be affected by the physical limits of the speed of dark.

 

There's also the Darkness Emitting Diode-- the DED.

Or the Darkness Emitting Arsenide Diode (DEAD).

Of course the Write-Only Memory (WOM) also appeared at about the same time.

 

What you should never do is to combine a darkness emitting diode with a dark sucker.
http://www.gksoft.com/a/fun/darksucker.html

 

I propose the deductor. It is a logic element that can deduce what you are trying to do and do the right thing.

Bob

 

Ethylflux transistor. Amplifies the gravitational effects of organic compounds..

First demonstrated here at 0:39

 

The Transmogrifier...