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Glossary
KPCI-PIO96 User's Manual
Target mode
A PCI bus mode in which data from a data acquisition card is transferred indirectly to the
computer memory in the foreground, via the host computer CPU, instead of directly, via Bus
mastering. Sometimes referred to as pass-through operation. See also bus mastering and
foreground task.
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Trap
(verb)
To intercept an action or event before it occurs, usually in order to do something else.
TTL
Abbreviation for transistor-transistor-logic. A popular logic circuit family that uses multiple-
emitter transistors. A low signal state is defined as a signal 0.8 V and below. A high signal state
is defined as a signal +2.0 V and above.
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Microsoft Press® Computer Dictionary, Third Edition. Refer to "Sources" below.
Sources:
Keithley Instruments, Inc., Catalog and Reference Guide (full line catalog),
glossary, 1998
Microsoft Press® Computer Dictionary, Third Edition (ISBN: 1-57231-446-X) by Microsoft
Press. Reproduced by permission of Microsoft Press. All rights reserved.
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