
Glossary
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Hz
hertz
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
in.
inches
I/O
input/output
IRQ
interrupt request
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
LED
light-emitting diode
legacy board
ISA board whose system resources are chosen by changing physical
DIP switches or jumpers on the board
m
meters
MB
megabytes of memory
PC
personal computer
PCI
Peripheral Components Interconnect
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PLC
programmable logic controller
RAM
random-access memory
resource
hardware settings used by devices in a computer system, including ISA
interrupt request, DMA channel, and base I/O address
s
seconds
VDC
volts direct current
VXI
VME eXtensions for Instrumentation