National Instruments Signal Processing Engineering Educational Device NI SPEEDY-33 - Manual (Page 34)

Glossary
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A
A amperes
A/D Analog-to-Digital
AC Alternating Current
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter—An electronic device, often an integrated
circuit, that converts an analog voltage to a digital number.
ADC resolution The resolution of the ADC measured in bits. A 16-bit ADC has a higher
resolution, and thus a higher degree of accuracy, than a 12-bit ADC.
ADE Application development environment such as LabVIEW,
LabWindows
™ /CVI ™ , BridgeVIEW, Visual Basic, C, and C++.
AI Analog Input
analog A signal whose amplitude can have a continuous range of values.
AO Analog Output
B
b bit—One binary digit, either 0 or 1.
B byte—Eight related bits of data, an eight-bit binary number. Also used to
denote the amount of memory required to store one byte of data.
bandwidth The range of frequencies present in a signal, or the range of frequencies to
which a measuring device can respond.
bit One binary digit, either 0 or 1.
boot The way you start or restart your computer or device. The procedure that is
run immediately following hardware reset or power-up.
buffer Temporary storage for acquired or generated data (software).