Glossary
Glossary–2 TDS Family Oscilloscope Programmer Manual
Real-time sampling
A sampling mode where the digitizing oscilloscope samples fast enough to
completely fill a waveform record from a single trigger event. Use real-time
sampling to capture single-shot or transient events.
GPIB
Acronym for General Purpose Interface Bus, the common name for the
communications interface system defined in IEEE Std 488.
IEEE
Acronym for the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
QuickBASIC
A computer language (distributed by Microsoft) that is based on the
Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
QuickC
A computer language (distributed by Microsoft) that is based on C.
TEKSecure
A Tektronix custom command that initializes both waveform and setup
memories. This overwrites any previously stored data.