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Sinusoidal-Varying
in proportion
to the sine of an angle
or time function
(for example,
ordinary
alternating
current).
Slew
Rate-The
maximum
charge rate of the signal-
sampling
capacitor in the sample and hold circuitry.
Software-The
program instruction
coding within
an in-
strument
or computer
that makes the unit operate.
Standard
Deviation
Reading-A
measure
of the varia-
tion
of
the
samples
from
the
average
of the
measurement.
Talker-A
device that can transmit information
over the
IEEE-488
bus.
Transient
Waveform-An
electronic signal that results in
a sudden change in circuit conditions
which
persists
only for a brief period of time.
Translator
Mode-A
mode which
allows
English-like
words to be used in place of instrument
bus commands.
Trigger-An
external stimulus of home sort that initiates
one "T more measurement
or scan sequences.
TRMS
Reading-The
True Root-Mean-Square,
or effec-
tive value of a voltage waveform is a voltage with the
fame heating value as an equivalent
DC voltage.
Waveform
Reading-A
single sample that occurs at the
trigger point.
Window-When
referring
to signal sampling,
the aper-
ture that defines the start and stop limits of the measure-
ment sequence.
Word-A
group
of characters stored in one location in a
computer or computerized
device. Generally, a word is
made
up
of two or more bytes.
XY Mode-A
mode that allows measurement data to be
displayed
on a graphing
device such as a plotter
or
oscilloscope.
Zero-A
mode that allows a baseline measurement to be
subtracted from subsequent
measurements.
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