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AT-GPIB for SCO UNIX
Glossary
Prefix
Meaning
Value
m-
µ
-
n-
k-
M-
milli-
micro-
nano-
kilo-
mega-
10
-3
10
-6
10
-9
10
3
10
6
°
degrees
%
percent
A
amperes
ATN
Attention
BSC
Bisynchronous Communications
DAV
Data Valid
DMA
direct memory access
EMI
electromagnetic interface
EOI
End or Identify
EOS
End of String
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
GPIB
General Purpose Interface Bus
hex
hexadecimal
Hz
hertz
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IFC
Interface Clear
in.
inches
I/O
input/output
IRQ
Interrupt Request
m
meters
MB
megabytes of memory
NDAC
Not Data Accepted Bit
NRFD
Not Ready For Data Bit
REN
Remote Enable
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
s
seconds
SRQ
Service Request
VDC
volts direct current
VGA
video graphics array