© National Instruments Corporation Glossary-1 PC-DIO-24 User Manual
Glossary___________________________________________________
Prefix Meaning Value
µ- micro- 10-6
m- milli- 10-3
k- kilo- 103
M- mega- 106
°degrees
Ωohms
% percent
A amperes
AWG American Wire Gauge
BCD binary-coded decimal
C Celsius
DMA direct memory access
hex hexadecimal
Hz hertz
in. inches
Iin input current
Iout output current
kbytes 1,024 bytes
LSB least significant bit
MB megabytes of memory
m meters
MSB most significant bit
PPI programmable peripheral interface
REXT external resistance
s seconds
SSR solid-state relay
V volts
VEXT external volt
VDC volts direct current