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National Instruments Corporation G-1 VXI-SC-1102/B/C User Manual

Glossary

Numbers/Symbols

+5 V +5 volt signal
°degrees
ohms
% percent
±plus or minus

A

AC alternating current
A/D analog-to-digital
ADC analog-to-digital converter–an electronic device, often an integrated
circuit, that converts an analog voltage to a digital number
Prefix Meaning Value
p- pico- 10–12
n- nano- 10–9
µ-micro-10
–6
m- milli- 10–3
k- kilo- 103
M- mega- 106
G- giga- 109