Glossary – National Instruments GPIB-120A User Manual

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Glossary

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Prefix

Meaning

Value

n-

nano-

10

-9

µ

-

micro-

10

-6

m-

milli-

10

-3

k-

kilo-

10

3

M-

mega-

10

6

°

degrees

%

percent

A

amperes

AC

alternating current

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATN

Attention

C

Celsius

CIC

Controller-In-Charge

CPU

central processing unit

DAV

Data Valid

DC

direct current

DIO

Data Input/Output

EMI

electromagnetic interference

EOI

End Or Identify

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

GPIB

General Purpose Interface Bus

Hz

hertz

IFC

Interface Clear

in.

inches

ISO

International Standards Organization

LED

light-emitting diode

m

meters

MB

megabytes of memory

NDAC

Not Data Accepted

NRFD

Not Ready For Data

RAM

random-access memory

REN

Remote Enable

s

seconds

SRQ

Service Request

TTL

transistor-transistor logic

V

volts

VA

volt amperes

VAC

volts alternating current

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