National Instruments DAQPad-6508 User Manual page 67

Glossary
A
A
AC
AC coupled
ACH
ACK*
A/D
address
AIRQ0
AIRQ1
alias
ALU
AMD
ANSI
APA
APB
APC
ASIC
asynchronous
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amperes
alternating current
allowing the transmission of AC signals while blocking DC signals
analog input channel signal
acknowledge input signal
analog-to-digital
character code that identifies a specific location (or series of locations) in
memory
PPI A interrupt request bit for Port A
PPI A interrupt request bit for POrt B
a false lower frequency component that appears in sampled data acquired
at too low a sampling rate
arithmetic logic unit—the element(s) in a processing system that
perform(s) the mathematical functions such as addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, inversion, AND, OR, NAND, and NOR
Advanced Micro Devices
American National Standards Institute
bidirectional data lines for Port A of PPI A
bidirectional data lines for Port B of PPI A
bidirectional data lines for Port C of PPI A
application-specific integrated circuit
(1) hardware—a property of an event that occurs at an arbitrary time,
without synchronization to a reference clock (2) software—a property of
a function that begins an operation and returns prior to the completion or
termination of the operation
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