National Instruments PCI-8331 User Manual page 39

Glossary
Symbol
n
µ
m
k
M
Symbols
°
≥
≤
%
B
bus
bus master
C
C
clock
counter/timer
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Prefix
nano
micro
milli
kilo
mega
Degrees
Equal or greater than
Equal or less than
Percent
the group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry in a computer.
Typically, a bus is the expansion vehicle to which I/O or other devices are
connected. Examples of PC buses are the AT bus, NuBus, Micro Channel,
and EISA bus.
a type of a plug-in board or controller with the ability to read and write
devices on the computer bus
Celsius
hardware component that controls timing for reading from or writing to
groups
a circuit that counts external pulses or clock pulses (timing)
Value
10 –9
10 – 6
–3
10
10 3
10 6
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