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Glossary
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PC-DIO-24/PnP User Manual
F
ft.
feet
H
h
hour
handshaked digital I/O
a type of digital acquisition/generation where a device or module
accepts or transfers data after a digital pulse has been received. Also
called latched digital I/O.
hardware
the physical components of a computer system, such as the circuit
boards, plug-in boards, chassis, enclosures, peripherals, and cables
hex
hexadecimal
Hz
hertz—the number of scans read or updates written per second
I
in.
inches
Iin
input current
Iout
output current
interrupt
a computer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current
task to service a designated activity
interrupt level
the relative priority at which a device can interrupt
I/O
input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving
communications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data
acquisition and control interfaces
IRQ
interrupt request
K
k
kilo—the standard metric prefix for 1,000, or 10
3
, used with units of
measure such as volts, hertz, and meters