# Need an team name, hopefully electronic component related

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868 "2012-06-21T18:20:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/21 "2012-06-22T14:46:25Z")

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The Main Boreds

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/22 "2012-06-22T14:53:30Z")

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The Mask Works

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/23 "2012-06-22T14:59:28Z")

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LED Zeppelins using light emitting diodes in your logo.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/24 "2012-06-22T15:05:04Z")

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Go old-school and call yourself the Twitching Frogs.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/25 "2012-06-22T15:11:52Z")

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As someone asked – what sport?  
For our inner tube water polo team I suggested  
Tubular Waveguides

Sinc Functions  
But that’s not particularly electronic

How about

The Super Capacitors

The Flip Flops

The NANDs

The Exclusive ORs

The Violets (Because “Violet Generally Wins”. Ignore other scurrilous acronyms)

The Power Transistors

The Power RElsays

The Monovibrators

The Op Amps

The Hysteresis Loops

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/26 "2012-06-22T15:17:15Z")

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The Revolting Resistors

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/27 "2012-06-22T15:41:07Z")

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The Wyes

The Wheatsone Brigade

The Infinite Loops

Kirchoff’s Law

Maxwell’s Equations

Maxwell’s Demons (not electronic, but too good to ignore)

The Super Heterodynes

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**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/28 "2012-06-22T15:56:25Z")

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The Transformers (XFMRs)

Capacitors (The Caps)

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**Author:** ![Dano83860](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dano83860](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dano83860)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/29 "2012-06-22T17:07:16Z")

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> [@Philster](#):
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> Make sure someone get the number of 1.21 on their jersey.

The jersey numbers should all be binary. 😃

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-team-name-hopefully-electronic-component-related/625868/30 "2012-06-22T17:09:39Z")

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The Runnin’ MOSFETs  
The Phantom Circuits  
Active Load  
The Pole Splitters  
Don’t Let the Smoke Out! or… Magic Smoke

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