National Instruments Image Acquisition Software - Manual (Page 59)

Glossary
NI-IMAQ User Manual G-8 © National Instruments Corporation
K
k kilo—the standard metric prefix for 1,000, or 10 3 , used with units of
measure such as volts, hertz, and meters
K kilo—the prefix for 1,024, or 2 10 , used with B in quantifying data or
computer memory
kbytes/s a unit for data transfer that means 1,000 or 10 3 bytes/s
Kword 1,024 words of memory
L
library a file containing compiled object modules, each comprised of one of more
functions, that can be linked to other object modules that make use of these
functions.
line count the total number of horizontal lines in the picture
LSB least significant bit
luminance the brightness information in the video picture. The luminance signal
amplitude varies in proportion to the brightness of the video signal and
corresponds exactly to the monochrome picture.
LUT look-up table—a selection in the IMAQ Configuration Utility that contains
formulas that let you implement simple imaging operations such as contrast
enhancement, data inversion, gamma manipulation, or other nonlinear
transfer functions
M
m meters
M (1) Mega, the standard metric prefix for 1 million or 10 6 , when used with
units of measure such as volts and hertz; (2) mega, the prefix for 1,048,576,
or 2
20 , when used with B to quantify data or computer memory
MB megabytes of memory
Mbytes/s a unit for data transfer that means 1 million or 10 6 bytes/s
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