National Instruments NI-CAN User Manual page 78

Glossary
L
local
Low-speed CAN
M
MB
method
minimum interval
multi-drop
N
network interface
NI-CAN driver
node
notification
NI-CAN User Manual
Within NI-CAN, anything that exists on the same host (personal computer)
as the NI-CAN driver.
Implementation of CAN as defined in ISO 11519.
Megabytes of memory.
An action performed on an instance to affect its behavior; the externally
visible code of an object. Within NI-CAN, you use NI-CAN functions to
execute methods for objects. Also known as service, operation, and action.
For a given connection, the minimum amount of time between subsequent
attempts to transmit frames on the connection. Some protocols use
minimum intervals to guarantee a certain level of overall network
performance.
A physical connection in which multiple devices communicate with one
another along a single cable.
A node's physical connection onto a network.
Device driver and/or firmware that implement all the specifics of a CAN
network interface. Within NI-CAN, this software implements the CAN
Network Interface Object as well as all objects above it in the object
hierarchy.
A physical assembly, linked to a communication line (cable), capable of
communicating across the network according to a protocol specification.
Also known as device.
Within NI-CAN, an operating system mechanism that the NI-CAN driver
uses to communicate events to your application. You can think of a
notification of as an API function, but in the opposite direction.
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