National Instruments Measurement Studio - Manual (Page 60)

Glossary
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numeric edit control A control used to display and edit numeric values.
O
OCX OLE Control eXtension. Another name for ActiveX controls, reflected by
the
.ocx file extension of ActiveX control files.
OLE Object Linking and Embedding. See ActiveX .
OPC OLE for Process Control. An industry standard based on ActiveX and COM
technologies that enables you to create a single client application that can
communicate with disparate devices. Visit
www.opcfoundation.org .
oscilloscope Measurement instrument widely used in high-speed testing applications,
such as telecommunication physical layer testing, video testing, and
high-speed digital design verification.
P
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. High-performance expansion bus
architecture commonly found in PCs.
PID Proportional-Integral-Derivative. A three-term control mechanism
combining proportional, integral, and derivative control. You might use a
PID algorithm to control processes such as heating and cooling systems,
fluid level monitoring, flow control, and pressure control.
plot 1. Trace (data line) on a graph representing the data in one row or column
of an array.
2. To display a new set of data while deleting any previous data on the
graph.
point Structure that contains two 16-bit integers that represent horizontal and
vertical coordinates.
property Attribute that defines the appearance or state of an object. The property can
be a specific value or another object with its own properties and methods.
For example, a value property is the color (property) of a plot (object),
while an object property is a specific Y axis (property) on a graph (object).
The Y axis itself is another object with properties, such as minimum and
maximum values.