National Instruments MXI Getting Started page 52

Glossary
Prefix
p-
n-
µ-
m-
k-
M-
G-
t-
A
A16 space
A24 space
A32 space
ACFAIL
address
address modifier
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Meaning
pico-
nano-
micro-
milli-
kilo-
mega-
giga-
tera-
VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 64 KB short address space.
In VXI, the upper 16 KB of A16 space is allocated for use by VXI devices
configuration registers. This 16 KB region is referred to as VXI
configuration space.
VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 16 MB standard address
space
VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 4 GB extended address space
A VMEbus backplane signal that is asserted when a power failure has
occurred (either AC line source or power supply malfunction), or if it is
necessary to disable the power supply (such as for a high-temperature
condition)
Character code that identifies a specific location (or series of locations) in
memory. In VISA, it identifies a resource.
One of six signals in the VMEbus specification used by VMEbus masters
to indicate the address space in which a data transfer is to take place
Value
10 –12
10 –9
– 6
10
10 –3
10 3
6
10
10 9
10 12
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