The word "electronics" was coined by the
Austrian-born physicist Johann Wilhelm Hittorf in 1881 during a scientific talk titled “Über die Wanderung der Ionen während der Elektrolyse” (“On the movement of ions during electrolysis”).
When was the word "electronics" first used?
The word "electronics" first found use through Karl F. Braun's work, published between 1873 and 1897.[