Source and victim are usually electronic hardware devices, though the source may be a natural phenomenon such as a lightning strike, electrostatic discharge ( ESD ) or, in one famous case, the Big Bang at the origin of the Universe.

ESD includes spectacular electric sparks, but also less dramatic forms which may be neither seen nor heard, yet still be large enough to cause damage to sensitive electronic devices.

An ESD event may occur when the object comes into contact with a conductive path.

For example, charged regions on the surfaces of styrofoam cups or bags can induce potential on nearby ESD sensitive components via electrostatic induction and an ESD event may occur if the component is touched with a metallic tool.

These invisible forms of ESD can cause outright device failures, or less obvious forms of degradation that may affect the long term reliability and performance of electronic devices.

ESD prevention within an EPA may include using appropriate ESD-safe packing material, the use of conductive filaments on garments worn by assembly workers, conducting wrist straps and foot-straps to prevent high voltages from accumulating on workers ' bodies, anti-static mats or conductive flooring materials to conduct harmful electric charges away from the work area, and humidity control.

ESD may mean:

The low-voltage integrated circuit inside the cartridge is extremely ESD sensitive, and can be destroyed by an event of only a few dozen volts which cannot even be felt by the person, delivering a fatal shock to the game unit.

Low-voltage digital circuits, especially CMOS transistors, became more susceptible to ESD damage as they were miniaturised, and a new ESD regulatory regime had to be developed.

; Electrostatic discharge ( ESD ) immunity: Electrostatic discharges with various properties ( rise time, peak voltage, fall time, and half time ) are applied to the areas on the device that are likely to be discharged too, such as the faces, near user accessible buttons, etc.

ESD can be caused by a buildup of static electricity by tribocharging, or by electrostatic induction.

ESD prevention can be part of the device itself and include special design techniques for device input and output pins.

Materials in automated manufacturing which will touch on conductive areas of ESD sensitive electronic should be made of dissipative material, and the dissipative material must be grounded.

The advanced planning study was well received both at MITRE and ESD and it was decided to pursue a practical design to see if these ideas could be translated into a usable system.

Special anti-static vacuum cleaners should be used however to prevent electrostatic discharge ( ESD ).

ESD effects can be reduced by careful design of the mechanical package around the hot-swap component, perhaps by coating it with a thin film of conductive material.

Each ESD decides the format that will be used in their respective regions and how many regional competitions will be held.

While it is generally agreed on that sustainability education must be customized for individual learners, according to Tilbury and Wortman, the following skills are essential to ESD:

# How the Decade could be leveraged to advance education for sustainable development ( ESD ) in the United States ;

ESD support must be specifically written and added into applications, as ESD does not emulate normal audio hardware APIs.

For testing the susceptibility of electronic devices to ESD from human contact, an ESD Simulator with a special output circuit, called the human body model ( HBM ) is often used.

A Charged Device Model ( CDM ) test is used to define the ESD a device can withstand when the device itself has an electrostatic charge and discharges due to metal contact.

* Automotive Electronics Council, which defines in some of its standards, ESD test qualification requirements for electronic components used in vehicles

For example, the ESD caution symbol, which is the hand with the line drawn through it, was published by JEDEC and is used worldwide.

* The spectral density of and the autocorrelation of form a Fourier transform pair ( for PSD versus ESD, different definitions of autocorrelation function are used ).

Endoscopic submucosal dissection ( ESD ) is a similar technique pioneered in Japan, used to resect a large area of mucosa in one piece.

Particularly in Canada and Australia, the term ESD ( English as a second dialect ) is used alongside ESL, usually in reference to programs for aboriginal Canadians or Australians, respectively.

Another type of air ioniser is the ESD ioniser ( balanced ion generator ) used to neutralise static charge.

The track list below is for the cassette edition, as this was also the track list used for the ESD reissue in the late 1990s.

ESD is the term most used internationally and by the United Nations.

ESD is used as the primary sound server, and GStreamer is used by the shipped media player to play back sounds and movies.

Other standardized ESD test circuits include the following:

The Engineering & Science Directorate ( ESD ) at SSC operates and maintains SSC's rocket test stands.

Most of ESD sensitive electronic assemblies and components are also so small that manufacturing and handling is made with automated equipment.

This discharge type is the most common type of ESD in electronic devices and causes most of the ESD damages in their manufacturing.

* ESD suppression guide for common electronic applications

Electronic services delivery or ESD refers to providing government services through the Internet or other electronic means.

Digital distribution ( also called content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution ( ESD ), among others ) describes the delivery of media content such as audio, video, software and video games, without the use of physical media usually over online delivery mediums, such as the Internet.

* Latchup, for qualification testing of semiconductor devices, ESD and latchup are commonly considered together

They are also suitable for electrostatic discharge ( ESD ) protection of sensitive devices such as III-V-semiconductor devices, laser diodes and, to a lesser extent, exposed lines of CMOS circuitry.

Like all mixtures containing Chlorates, it is extremely sensitive to friction, impact and ESD, and is considered unsafe in pyrotechnic devices that contain more than a few tens of milligrams of the mixture.

* Electrostatic discharge: For qualification testing of semiconductor devices, ESD and latchup are commonly considered together.