Glossary
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A
Aamps
ACK acknowledge—handshaking signal driven by the 653X device, indicating
that it is ready to transfer data
ADE Application Development Environment
API Application Programming Interface—a standardized set of subroutines or
functions along with the parameters that a program can call
asynchronous For hardware, it is a property of an event that occurs at an arbitrary time,
without synchronization to a reference clock. In software, it is the property
of a function that begins an operation and returns prior to the completion or
termination of the operation.
B
bbits
Bbytes
bidirectional data lines data lines that can be programmatically configured as input or output
buffer temporary storage for acquired or generated data (software)
bus 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.
C
cache high-speed processor memory that buffers commonly used instructions or
data to increase processing throughput
clock hardware component that controls timing for reading from or writing to
groups
CH channel