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Glossary
Prefix Meaning Value
p- pico- 10
-12
n- nano- 10
-9
µ
- micro- 10
-6
m- milli- 10
-3
k- kilo- 10
3
M- mega- 10
6
G- giga- 10
9
°
degrees
Ω
ohms
% percent
A amperes
A/D analog-to-digital
AC alternating current
ADC A/D converter
AWG American Wire Gauge
BCD binary-coded decimal
C Celsius
CMOS complementary metallic oxide semiconductor
D/A digital-to-analog
DAC D/A converter
dB decibels
DC direct current
DIFF differential
DIP dual inline package
DMA direct memory access
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
F farads
FIFO first-in-first-out
ft feet
hex hexadecimal
Hz hertz
I/O input/output
in. inches
ksamples 1,000 samples
LED light-emitting diode
LSB least significant bit
M megabytes of memory
m meters
MSB most significant bit