Glossary
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PCI-DIO-96 User Manual
M
m
meters
max
maximum
MB
megabytes of memory
min.
minutes
min
minimum
MSB
most significant bit
O
OBF*
output buffer full signal
P
PA, PB, PC <0..7>
port A, B, or C 0 through 7 lines
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect—a high-performance expansion
bus architecture originally developed by Intel to replace ISA and EISA.
It is achieving widespread acceptance as a standard for PCs and
work-stations; it offers a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 132
Mbytes/s.
port
a digital port, consisting of four or eight lines of digital input and/or
output
PPI
programmable peripheral interface
R
RD*
read signal