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Glossary

current, output high

current, output low

kkilo—the standard metric prefix for 1,000, or 10

, used with units of

measure such as volts, hertz, and meters

kS 1,000 samples

LabVIEW Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench—a program

development application based on the programming language G and used

commonly for test and measurement purposes

LED light-emitting diode

library a file containing compiled object modules, each comprised of one of more

functions, that can be linked to other object modules that make use of these

functions. NIDAQMSC.LIB is a library that contains NI-DAQ functions.

The NI-DAQ function set is broken down into object modules so that only

the object modules that are relevant to your application are linked in, while

those object modules that are not relevant are not linked.

linearity the adherence of device response to the equation R = KS, where

R = response, S = stimulus, and K = a constant

LSB least significant bit

MITE MXI Interface to Everything—a custom ASIC designed by National

Instruments that implements the PCI bus interface. The MITE supports bus

mastering for high-speed data transfers over the PCI bus.

MSB mostsignificantbit

mux multiplexer—a switching device with multiple inputs that sequentially

connects each of its inputs to its output, typically at high speeds, in order to

measure several signals with a single analog input channel

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