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Glossary
Analog
API
Application
Application Programmer
Interface
Array
Attribute
B
Basic device
Bitstring
Block
Block tag
Buffer
Bus
C
Cable
Channel
Client
Communication stack
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A description of a continuously variable signal or a circuit or device
designed to handle such signals.
See Application Programmer Interface.
Function blocks.
A message format that an application uses to communicate with
another entity that provides services to it.
Ordered, indexed list of data elements of the same type.
Properties of parameters.
A device that can communicate on the Fieldbus, but cannot become
the LAS.
A data type in the object description.
A logical software unit that makes up one named copy of a block and
the associated parameters its block type specifies. The values of the
parameters persist from one invocation of the block to the next. It can
be a resource block, transducer block, or function block residing
within a virtual field device.
A character string name that uniquely identifies a block on a Fieldbus
network.
Temporary storage for acquired or generated data.
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 ISA and
PCI buses.
A number of wires and shield in a single sheath.
A pin or wire lead to which you apply or from which you read the
analog or digital signal.
A device that sends a request for communication on the bus.
Performs the services required to interface the user application to the
physical layer.
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