National Instruments PC-DIO-96 user manual Glossary

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Glossary-1 PC-DIO-96 User Manual
Glossary
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Prefix Meaning Value
n- nano- 10-9
µ-micro- 10-6
m- milli- 10-3
k- kilo- 103
M- mega- 106
°degrees
Ωohms
% percent
Aamperes
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
AWG American Wire Gauge
BCD binary-coded decimal
C Celsius
DMA direct memory access
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
hex hexadecimal
Hz hertz
in. inches
Iout output current
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
kbytes 1,024 bytes
LSB least significant bit
MB megabytes of memory
mmeters
MSB most significant bit
PPI programmable peripheral interface
REXT external resistance
RTSI Real-Time System Integration
sseconds
SCXI Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation
V volts
VEXT external volt
Vin volts in
VDC volts direct current