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I INDEX

arithmetic and logic unit (ALU), 92- branches (computer program), 107-
93, 110, 125 108, 111-113
assembly language, 118-120, 409 breaker points, 15-16
assembly line data link (ALDL), 352 buffers, 117-118, 126-127
automatic driving control, 404-405 buses (computer), 103-105, 133,
automatic transmission, 19, 379-381 321-322, 391
bypass air, 237
bytes, 103, 409
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bandpass filters, 137
bandwidth, 39-40, 46, 49-52
base pulse width, 231, 234 CAFE (corporate average fuel
base-emitter diode, 75 economy), 148, 150, 409
beam, 319-320 calibration, 155, 160, 410
before top dead center (BTDC), 17, conversion, 141
161 measurement, 47, 52
binary circuits, 80-81 parameters, 163, 223, 224
binary counters (BC), 190-192, 269, set by control system, 164
274, 311 shift, 50
binary numbering system, 36, 81-83, stability, 152
107 California Air Resources Board
bits, 83, 86-88, 103, 409 (CARB), 351-352
block, engine, 7 caliper, 23
block diagrams, 31-32, 409 cams, on distributor shaft, 16
digital instrumentation system, 53 camshaft, 7, 156
boost, steering, 25, 292 crankshaft angular position,
boot program, 110-111 sensing, 196
bore, piston, 156 measuring position of, 200
bottom dead center (BDC), 9, 156, camshaft position sensors, 226, 228
409 capacitors, 15-16, 30, 62, 362, 409
brakes, 3, 23-24 cruise control systems, 276
antilock braking system, 24, 277- half-wave rectifier circuit, 73
285 carbon monoxide (CO), 148, 150,
power, 158 164-166, 169, 227, 234, 237, 250,
pressure modulator, 281-284 409
turnoff, cruise control, 277 carburetor, 11, 410
brake-specific fuel consumption carry circuit, 86
(BSFC), 159, 160, 161, 409 catalytic converter, 155, 164-166,
brake-specific HC (BSHC), 409 168, 173, 254. See also three-way
brake-specific NOx (BSNOx), 409 catalyst (TWC)
braking actuator, 405 definition, 409
braking torque, 281 monitoring, 352

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