Glossary, Symbols – National Instruments MXI Series User Manual

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Glossary

Symbol

Prefix

Value

n

nano

10

–9

μ

micro

10

– 6

m

milli

10

–3

k

kilo

10

3

M

mega

10

6

Symbols

°

Degrees

Equal or greater than

Equal or less than

%

Percent

B

bus

The group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry in a
computer. Typically, a bus is the expansion vehicle to which I/O or other
devices are connected. Examples of PC buses are the AT bus, NuBus,
Micro Channel, and EISA bus.

bus master

A type of a plug-in board or controller with the ability to read and write
devices on the computer bus.

C

C

Celsius.

clock

Hardware component that controls timing for reading from or writing to
groups.

counter/timer

A circuit that counts external pulses or clock pulses (timing).

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