© National Instruments Corporation Glossary-1 PXI-8170 Series User Manual
Glossary
Prefix 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 Alternating Current
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit

B

Bbytes
backplane An assembly, typically a printed circuit board, with connectors and signal
paths that bus the connector pins.