A nonadjustable passive network that reduces the power level of a signal without introducing appreciable distortion
When someone pads somewhere, they walk there with steps that are fairly quick, light, and quiet. Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers I often bumped into him as he padded the corridors
Packet Assembler/Disassembler Allows access to a packet data network from a circuit-switched network
1) An attenuator usually used to prevent overload of amplifier that follows 2) A device with a surface that can be hit by a drum stick; hitting the pad produces an output signal pulse (or MIDI command) that causes a drum machine or synthesizer to sound a drum sound
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
Pre-Advisory Data: the crew had pre-printed forms on which they could write lift-off times and other data they would need in the event that communications was lost with Houston Before and after each rest period, the CapCom would read up a list of lift-off times covering the next 10 to 12 hours and, prior to launch, a longer list of data was read up