National Instruments 800 Series - Manual (Page 98)

Glossary
VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Glossary-6 © National Instruments Corporation
P
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. The PCI bus is a high-performance
32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines.
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PEM Penn Engineering Manufacturing Corporation. A manufacturer of nuts
pressed into metal
POSC Power-On Self Configuration. A process by which the MITE chip
programs its own registers from EEPROMs at power up
PWB Printed Wire Board
R
Resource Manager A message-based Commander located at Logical Address 0, which
provides configuration management services such as address map
configuration, Commander and Servant mappings, and self-test and
diagnostic management
S
s seconds
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
slave A functional part of a VME/VXIbus device that detects data transfer
cycles initiated by a VMEbus master and responds to the transfers when
the address specifies one of the device’s registers
Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe.
This device is unique in the VXIbus system in that it performs the
VMEbus System Controller functions, including clock sourcing and
arbitration for data transfers across the backplane. Installing such a
device into any other slot can damage the device, the VXIbus
backplane, or both.
SMB Sub Miniature Type B connector that features a snap coupling for fast
connection