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Glossary

Measurement &

Automation Explorer

(MAX)

National Instruments tool for configuring your National Instruments

hardware and driver software; executing system diagnostics; adding new

devices, interfaces, and virtual channels; and viewing devices and

instruments connected to your system.

measurement device DAQ devices such as the E Series multifunction I/O (MIO) devices,

SCXI signal conditioning modules, and switch modules.

Measurement Studio National Instruments software that includes tools to build measurement

applications in Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#, and Visual C++ .NET.

meter A control used to input or display numerical data.

method Function that performs a specific action on or with an object. The operation

of the method often depends on the values of the object properties.

MFC Microsoft Foundation Class. A framework for programming in Microsoft

Windows, MFC provides code for managing windows, menus, and dialog

boxes; performing basic input/output; storing collections of data objects,

and more.

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NI-488.2 Driver-level software to control and communicate with National

Instruments GPIB hardware.

NI-DAQ Driver-level software to control and communicate with DAQ hardware.

NI-DAQ is an extensive library of VIs and functions you can call from an

application development environment (ADE) to program all the features of

an NI measurement device, such as configuring, acquiring and generating

data from, and sending data to the device.

NI-DAQmx The latest NI-DAQ driver with new VIs, functions, and development tools

for controlling measurement devices. The advantages of NI-DAQmx over

earlier versions of NI-DAQ include the DAQ Assistant for configuring

channels and measurement tasks for your device for use in LabVIEW,

LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio; increased performance such

as faster single-point analog I/O; and a simpler API for creating DAQ

applications using fewer functions and VIs than earlier versions of

NI-DAQ.

NI-IMAQ Driver-level software to control and communicate with National

Instruments image acquisition hardware.