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Glossary and
Abbreviations
Below are some terms used within this manual which may be unfamiliar to the
casual computer user. Most terms are described within the context of the BACTEC
9050 system, rather than in the strictly technical sense.
anonymous vial
Anonymous vials are those which have been placed in the instrument without
being assigned their location through Vial Entry (have not been "scanned" into
the instrument).
bit
An abbreviation for"binary digit," which is the elemental unit of information in a
computer.The value of a bit can be either I o r 0.All data used by the computer
is in the form of bytes, made up of bit combinations.
blocked
station
A station in the instrument which encounters an out-of-range reading.The in-
strument assumes the hardware has failed in the station and blocks the station
from use if there is no vial assigned to it, otherwise the station reports an error
s t a t u s .
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