National Instruments 320174B-01 user manual Glossary

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Glossary
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Prefix Meaning Value
p- pico- 10-12
n- nano- 10-9
µ- micro- 10-6
m- milli- 10-3
k- kilo- 103
M- mega- 106
G- giga- 109
° degrees
Ωohms
% percent
A amperes
A/D analog-to-digital
ADC A/D converter
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AWG American Wire Gauge
BCD binary-coded decimal
C Celsius
CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
D/A digital-to-analog
DAC D/A converter
DAQ data acquisition
dB decibels
DC direct current
DMA direct memory access
DOS Disk Operating System
EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory
F farads
FIFO first-in-first-out
ft feet
hex hexadecimal
Hz hertz
IIH input current load, logic high input voltage
IIL input current load, logic low input voltage
in. inches
IOH output source current, logic high
IOL output sink current, logic low
I/O input/output