Glossary
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I/O input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving
communications channels, operatorinterface devices, and/or data
acquisitiona nd controli nterfaces
in. inches
INL integralnonlinearity —a measure inL SB oft heworst-case deviation from
the ideal A/D or D/A transfer characteristic of the analog I/O circuitry
input bias current the current that flowsin to the inputs of a circuit
input impedance the resistance and capacitance between the input terminals of a circuit
input offsetcurrent the differencein the input bias currents of t he twoinput so f an
instrumentation amplifier
instrumentation
amplifier
acircuit whose output voltage with respect to ground is proportional to the
differencebetween the voltages at its two high impedance inputs
interrupt aco mputer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current task
to service adesignated activity
IOH current, output high
IOL current, output low
K
kkilo—the standard metric prefixfo r 1,000, or 103, used with units of
measure such as volts,hertz ,and m eters
kS 1,000 samples
L
LabVIEW Laboratory VirtualInstrument Engineering Workbench—a program
developmentapplication based on the programming language G and used
commonly fortest and measurement purposes
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