National Instruments 6508 PCI-DIO-96 - Manual (Page 84)

Glossary
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M
m meters
max maximum
MB megabytes of memory
min. minutes
min minimum
MSB most significant bit
O
OBF* output buffer full signal
P
PA, PB, PC <0..7> port A, B, or C 0 through 7 lines
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect—a high-performance expansion
bus architecture originally developed by Intel to replace ISA and EISA.
It is achieving widespread acceptance as a standard for PCs and
work-stations; it offers a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 132
Mbytes/s.
port a digital port, consisting of four or eight lines of digital input and/or
output
PPI programmable peripheral interface
R
RD* read signal