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Glossary
Prefix Meaning Value
n- nano- 10–9
µ- micro- 10–6
m- milli- 10–3
c- centi- 10–2
k- kilo- 10 3
M- mega- 106

Symbols

° Degrees
≥Equal or greater than
≤Equal or less than
% Percent

A

ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit—a proprietary semiconductor
component designed and manufactured to perform a set of specific
functions for a specific customer

B

bus the group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry in a computer.
Typically, a bus is the expansion vehicle to which I/O or other devices are
connected. Examples of PC buses are the ATbus, NuBus, Micro Channel,
and EISA bus.
bus master a type of a plug-in board or controller with the ability to read and write
devices on the computer bus