Glossary
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instrument driver A set of routines designed to control a specific instrument or family of
instruments, and any necessary related files for LabWindows/CVI or
LabVIEW
interrupt A means for a device to request service from another device
interrupt level The relative priority at which a device can interrupt
IRQ* Interrupt signal
ISA Industry Standard Architecture; the original PC bus architecture,
specifically the 16-bit AT bus
K
KB kilobytes of memory
L
LAN Local Area Network; communications network that serves users within
a confined geographical area. It is made up of servers, workstations,
a network operating system, and a communications link.
LED light-emitti ng diode
M
m meters
master A functional part of a PXI device that initiates data transfers on the PXI
backplane. A transfer can be either a read or a write.
MB megabytes of memory
MTBF Mean time between failure
MTTR Mean time to repair