National Instruments DAQPad-6508 User Manual page 77

Glossary
K
k
K
kbytes/s
kS
Kword
L
LabVIEW
latched digital I/O
LED
library
listener
LSB
M
m
M
DAQPad-6507/6508 User Manual
kilo—the standard metric prefix for 1,000, or 10
measure such as volts, hertz, and meters
kilo—the prefix for 1,024, or 2
computer memory
a unit for data transfer that means 1,000 or 10
1,000 samples
1,024 words of memory
laboratory virtual instrument engineering workbench
a type of digital acquisition/generation where a device or module accepts
or transfers data after a digital pulse has been received. Also called
handshaked digital I/O.
light-emitting diode
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. NIDAQMSC.LIB is a library that contains NI-DAQ functions.
The NI-DAQ function set is broken down into object modules so that only
the object modules that are relevant to your application are linked in, while
those object modules that are not relevant are not linked.
a device on the GPIB that receives information from a Talker on the bus
least significant bit
meters
(1) Mega, the standard metric prefix for 1 million or 10
units of measure such as volts and hertz; (2) mega, the prefix for 1,048,576,
20
or 2 , when used with B to quantify data or computer memory
10
, used with B in quantifying data or
G-12
3
, used with units of
3
bytes/s
6
, when used with
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