User's Manual

© National Instruments Corporation Glossary-1 Lab-NB User Manual
Glossary
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Prefix Meaning Value
p- pico- 10
-12
n- nano- 10
-9
µ- micro- 10
-6
m- milli- 10
-3
k- kilo- 10
3
M- mega- 10
6
G- giga- 10
9
° degrees
Ω ohms
% percent
A amperes
A/D analog-to-digital
ADC A/D converter
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AWG American Wire Gauge
BCD binary-coded decimal
C Celsius
CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
D/A digital-to-analog
DAC D/A converter
DAQ data acquisition
dB decibels
DC direct current
DMA direct memory access
DOS Disk Operating System
EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory
F farads
FIFO first-in-first-out
ft feet
hex hexadecimal
Hz hertz
I
IH
input current load, logic high input voltage
I
IL
input current load, logic low input voltage
in. inches
I
OH
output source current, logic high
I
OL
output sink current, logic low
I/O input/output