National Instruments 653X User Manual page 132

Glossary
M
M
Measurement &
Automation Explorer
(MAX)
MB/s
mask
MSB
P
pattern I/O
PCI
PCLK
PCMCIA
peripheral device
Plug and Play ISA
port
posttrigger
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Mega—the standard metric prefix for 1 million or 10
units of measure such as volts and hertz
a controlled centralized configuration environment that allows you to
configure all of your National Instruments DAQ, GPIB, IMAQ, IVI,
Motion, VISA, and VXI devices
A unit for data transfer that means one million or 10
the bits that are significant for pattern detection, also applies to change
detection
Most Significant Bit
Data-transfer mode in which 653X transfers data on the falling or rising
edge of a TTL signal, typically at a constant rate
Peripheral Component Interconnect—A high-performance expansion bus
architecture originally developed by Intel to replace ISA and EISA. It has
achieved widespread acceptance as a standard for PCs and workstations; it
offers a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 132 MB/s.
see control signals
An expansion bus architecture that has found widespread acceptance as a
de facto standard in notebook-sized computers. It originated as a
specification for add-on memory cards written by the Personal Computer
Memory Card International Association.
any external device connected to the 653X device that the 653X controls,
monitors, tests, or communicates with
a specification prepared by Micorsoft, Intel, and other PC-related
companies that will result in PCs with plug-in boards that can be fully
configured in software, without jumpers or switches on the devices
a collection of lines, usually eight
acquiring data that occurs after a trigger
G-6
6 , when used with
6 bits per second
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