National Instruments PXI/CompactPCI Embedded Computer NI PXI-8108 User Manual

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Glossary

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MB

Megabytes of memory.

MTBF

Mean time between failure.

MTTR

Mean time to repair.

N

NI-488 or NI-488.2

The National Instruments software for GPIB systems.

NI-DAQ

The National Instruments software for data acquisition instruments.

NI-VISA

The National Instruments implementation of the VISA standard—An
interface-independent software that provides a unified programming
interface for VXI, GPIB, and serial instruments.

NMI

Non-maskable interrupt—High-priority interrupt that cannot be disabled.
It is used to report malfunctions such as parity, bus and math coprocessor
errors.

P

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect—The PCI bus is a high-performance
32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines.

PCI Express

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express—A faster, serialized version
of the PCI bus.

PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.

peripheral

Any hardware device connected to a computer, such as a monitor,
keyboard, printer, plotter, disk or tape drive, graphics tablet, scanner,
mouse, and so on.

POSC

Power On Self Configuration.

PXI

PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation—An open implementation of
CompactPCI that adds electrical features that meet the high-performance
requirements of instrumentation applications by providing triggering,
local buses, and system clock capabilities. PXI also offers two-way
interoperability with CompactPCI products.

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