Technical Resources and Other Interesting Links

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
Interesting Links
Journals
Patent Offices
Periodic Tables

• Britannica ( Encyclopedia Britannica)
  Chip Directory's Dictionary
• Electronic Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology - This encyclopedia explains bASIC terms and principles of laser physics and technology, with some content added from other topics such as general optics, nonlinear optics and quantum optics. It should be useful for people in the industry as well as for researchers.
• Merriam-Webster ( Webster's Dictionary)
• Photonics Dictionary
• Semiconductor Terms

• Electronic Industries Alliance The Alliance is a partnership of electronic and high-tech associations and companies whose mission is promoting the market development and competitiveness of the U.S. high-tech industry through domestic and international policy efforts.
• The HP Calculator Museum - describes Hewlett-Packard calculators introduced from 1968 to 1986 plus a few interesting later models.
• Internet Country Codes - a convenient list of international country codes used in Internet URLs.
• Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Science Direct - Access over 1500 scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals;
  search over 40 million abstracts from scientific articles; and lLink out to articles from over 120 other publishers

• Links to Electronic Related Journals/Publications

• European Patent Office
• German Patent and Trademark Office
• Japanese Patent Office
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Download US Patents (free)

• Chemical Elements - multilingual dictionary of the names of chemical elements
• Periodic Table of Isotopes - Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
• WebElements - Mark Winter, University of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

• Resistor Color Code Converter
• Resistor Color Code
• Resistor Identification 
• The Original JavaScript Resistance Calculator

• Chip Centers - Knowledge Center
• eg3.com:  Dedicated to the embedded systems, dsp, real-time/rtos, board-level computing, etc. industry.  Provides links to news, firms, software and trade-show details.
• ElectricNet source for the Power Distribution and Transmission industry
• Electronicstalk.com:  Based in the UK, the Electronicstalk newsletter brings you the latest new product news for Electronics Engineers direct to your desktop, in a single weekly email
• Parallel Port Complete - A collection of files and links to material about the PC's parallel port, including ECP, EPP, bidirectional, and IEEE-1284 modes (and other I/O ports as well
• Physlink -  physics and astronomy online education reference
• RF Global Net - information source for the RF and Wireless Design industry
• Techweb - business technology network
• Tom's Hardware Guide An absolutely first-rate and invaluable site for PC users upgraders.
• Xtal Set Society - Great resource for constructing crystal set radio receivers.

• Accredited Standards Committee X3  
• ARI  
• Communications Standards Review  
• Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA)  
• Federal Communications Commission  
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)  
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)  
• National Standards Systems Network  
• Optical Society of America  
• SPIE  
• The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)  
• Underwriters Laboratories  
• VITA  

• Famous Curve Index - history and some of its associated curves

• A Walk Through Time - presented by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• Geologic Time Machine - presented by University of California, Berkley
• Guide to Time Zones and Calendars - create calendars for any year
• History of Modern Time Keeping - collection of article found on the IEEE site
• Time and Frequency - glossary of time and frequency terminology

This is certainly not a complete list.  Please Email any suggestions.   Thanks.