National Instruments NI PXI-8104 User Manual page 67

Glossary
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I/O
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instrument driver
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interrupt level
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LAN
LED
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Input/output—The techniques, media, and devices used to achieve
communication between machines and users.
Integrated Drive Electronics—Hard disk and built-in controller.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Inches.
A set of routines designed to control a specific instrument or family of
instruments, and any necessary related files for LabWindows/CVI or
LabVIEW.
A means for a device to request service from another device.
The relative priority at which a device can interrupt.
Interrupt request signal.
Industry Standard Architecture—The original PC bus architecture,
specifically the 16-bit AT bus.
Kilobytes of memory.
Local Area Network—Communications network that serves users within
a confined geographical area. It is made up of servers, workstations,
a network operating system, and a communications link.
Light-emitting diode.
Meters.
A functional part of a PXI device that initiates data transfers on the
PXI backplane. A transfer can be either a read or a write.
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