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Engineering Word Of The Day

An informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Hosted by interdisciplinary engineer Pius Wong, also host of The K12 Engineering Educatio... Read more

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debounce

debounce

To shrink the number of our faulty counts, you have to learn how to debounce. This is Episode 105 of Engineering Word O... Read more

11 Jun 2022

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anti-pattern

anti-pattern

My code is as long as here to Saturn, but condensed and confused in an anti-pattern. This is Episode 104 of Engineering... Read more

11 Jun 2022

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zip tie

zip tie

They told me, "Let 'er rip, guy!" "Tighten up that zip tie!" This is Episode 103 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an inf... Read more

11 Jun 2022

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Maillard

Maillard

The chemical reaction we smell from afar that gives satisfaction is named Maillard. This is Episode 102 of Engineering ... Read more

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