Hello Maarten, From IPC-T-50F "A separate part of a printed board assembly that performs a circuit function, eg., a resistor, a capacitor, a transistor, etc." I hope that this helps. regards, Phil Dutton C.I.D. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of M.H.B. Tettero Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 2004 4:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Discrete components Dear Technetters, Does anybody know the exact definition of the term "Discrete Component"? I have been searching all kind of documents, but can't find an official definition. I hope there is somebody out there who can help me where to find this, or what the definition is. Thanks in advance, Maarten Tettero Sintecs BV http://www.sintecs.nl --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------