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Originally Posted by MBAtarga
I've never heard the term alternating pronounced as "al"ternating and not "all"ternating.
I'd say some of the descriptions weren't terribly accurate but the point was made. For example the circuit board and using the continuity feature - he mentioned the pin is part of the "circuit". The board contains the circuit - he'd be more accurate stating the pin was part of that circuit board trace.
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I think you're picking nano Farads.
Nice overview for someone getting their first meter. I have a few and one thing he doesn't mention is that having an analog meter is very handy when readings are going to be variable. You can watch the needle sweep while the variations are taking place. Just the internal battery on the meter (necessary to measure Ohms) will begin to charge a capacitor (not that watching a cap charge means much). But you can watch a voltage drop when placing something under load or watch a circuit that drifts.
The analog meter can be used in all the ways a DVM can. That's all they had way back when.