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Glossary
Symbol
Prefix
Value
n
nano
10
–9
μ
micro
10
– 6
m
milli
10
–3
k
kilo
10
3
M
mega
10
6
Symbols
°
Degrees
≥
Equal or greater than
≤
Equal or less than
%
Percent
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 PCI, PCI Express, AT bus,
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
C
C
Celsius
clock
hardware component that controls timing for reading from or writing to
groups
counter/timer
a circuit that counts external pulses or clock pulses (timing)
