Glossary
G-4
ni.com
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.
