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Revision as of 14:48, 26 May 2006 by 66.143.234.230 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tombstoning is a term in the chip soldering industry describing a situation wherein a soldering defect causes a chip component to stand up on end (like a tombstone), leaving one end soldered to the board and the other end free. It is caused during the reflow soldering process where non-uniform melting causes an unbalanced force to be applied to the chip from the solder.
Other uses:
Tombstoning - The extreme sport of diving off rocks and cliff faces into the sea.
Tombstoning - Uusing dead peoples' names for commiting financial fraud and identity theft.
Tombstoning - A WINS (Windows Internet Naming System) process that marks records for deletion. The marks are also replicated to other WINS servers to prevent tombstoned (but not deleted) records from being propagated.
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