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GlossaryPrefix Meaning Value
n- nano- 10–9
µ- micro- 10–6
m- milli- 10–3
k- kilo- 10 3
M- mega- 106
G- giga- 109
t- tera- 1012
Symbols
°degrees
Ωohms
% percent
A
A amperes
AC Altern ating Cur rent
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
B
Bbytes
backplane An assembly,typically a printed circuit board, wi thc onnectors and signal
pathsthat bus the connector pins.