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National Instruments Corporation G-1 Getting Started with CAN for Windows NT
Glossary
Prefix Meanings Value
n- nano- 10–9
m- milli- 10–3
c- centi- 10–2
k- kilo- 103
M- mega- 106
° degrees
Ωohms
% percent
A amperes
AC alternating current
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AT-compatible compatible with the 16-bit Industry Standard Architecture
bbits
Bbytes
CCelsius
CAN Controller Area Network
CiA CAN in Automation
DLL dynamic link library
DMA direct memory access
EMI electromagnetic interference
FCC Federal Communications Commission
Hz hertz
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers