This document provides an introduction to electronics, including definitions, careers, history, applications, and common components. It begins with defining electronics as the study of devices that control electricity flow. Careers discussed include electrical engineers, who design products and write specifications, and electricians, who install and maintain systems. The history outlines discoveries like the electron and inventions like the vacuum tube. Electronics have wide applications in fields such as consumer devices, industrial automation, medical equipment, defense, automotive, and environmental monitoring. Common components are then explained, including resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, switches, batteries, buzzers and LEDs.