
Glossary
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G-7
PCI/PXI-1408 and NI-IMAQ for Win95/NT
HSYNC
horizontal sync signal—the synchronization pulse signal
produced at the beginning of each video scan line that keeps a
video monitor’s horizontal scan rate in step with the transmission
of each new line
HSYNCIN
horizontal sync input signal
hue
represents the dominant color of a pixel. The hue function is a
continuous function that covers all the possible colors generated
using the R, G, and B primaries. See also RGB.
Hz
hertz—the number of scans read or updates written per second
I
IC
integrated circuit
ID
identification
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMAQconf
a configuration and diagnostic utility included with IMAQ
devices
in.
inches
INL
integral nonlinearity—A measure in LSB of the worst-case
deviation from the ideal A/D or D/A transfer characteristic of the
analog I/O circuitry
instrument driver
a set of high-level software functions, such as NI-IMAQ, that
controls specific plug-in computer boards; instrument drivers are
available in several forms, ranging from a function callable from
a programming language to a virtual instrument (VI) in LabVIEW
interlaced
a video frame composed of two interleaved fields; the number of
lines in a field are half the number of lines in an interlaced frame
interpreter
a software utility that executes source code from a high-level
language such as Basic, C or Pascal, by reading one line at a time
and executing the specified operation
See also compiler.