Glossary
G-4
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IRQ#
Interrupt signal.
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture—The original PC bus
architecture, specifically the 16-bit AT bus.
K
KB
Kilobytes of memory.
L
LAN
Local Area Network—Communications network that serves
users within a confined geographical area. It is made up of
servers, workstations, a network operating system, and a
communications link.
LED
Light-emitting diode.
M
m
Meters.
master
A functional part of a PXI Express device that initiates data
transfers on the PXI Express backplane. A transfer can be either
a read or a write.
MB
Megabytes of memory.
MTBF
Mean time between failure.
N
NI-488 or NI-488.2
The National Instruments software for GPIB systems.
NI-DAQ
The National Instruments software for data acquisition
instruments.
NI-VISA
The National Instruments implementation of the VISA
standard—An interface-independent software that provides a
unified programming interface for VXI, GPIB, and serial
instruments.
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