Rockwell Automation 1772-LS_LSP,D17726.8.6 PROG/OPER MANUAL-MINI PLC-2/05 - Manual (Page 253)

Glossary
Appendix B
BĆ17
Remote Programming
A method of performing programming by connecting the programming device
to the network rather than to the processor.
Report Generation
The printing or displaying of user-formatted application data by means of a data
terminal. Report generation can be initiated by means of either a user program
or a data terminal keyboard.
Routine
A sequence of instructions which monitors and controls a specific
application function.
Rung
A group of instructions that controls an output or storage bit, or performs other
controls functions such as file moves, arithmetic and/or sequencer instructions.
This is represented as one section of a logic ladder diagram.
SBR
See Subroutine Area.
Scan Time
See Program Scan Time and I/O Scan Time
Screen
The viewing surface of a CRT where data is displayed.
Scrolling
The vertical movement of data on a CRT display caused by the dropping of one
line of displayed data for each new line added.
Search Function
Allows the user to quickly display any instruction in the programmable
controller program.
Self-Diagnostic
The hardware and firmware within a controller that monitors its own operation
and indicates any fault which it can detect.
Serial Operation
A type of information transfer where the bits are handled sequentially.
Contrasted with Parallel Operation.
Signal
The event or electrical quantity that conveys information from one point
to another.
Signaling Rate
A measure of signaling speed equal to the number of discrete conditions or
signal events per second. See Baud.