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GPIB-1014 User Manual
Glossary
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Prefix
Meaning
Value
n-
µ
-
m-
k-
M-
nano-
micro-
milli-
kilo-
mega-
10-
9
10-
6
10-
3
10
3
10
6
≤
is less than or equal to
≥
is greater than or equal to
°
degrees
A
amperes
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
C
Celsius
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
GPIB
General Purpose Interface Bus
hex
hexadecimal
Hz
hertz
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
in.
inches
K
kilobyte (1,024 bytes)
kbytes
1,000 bytes
m
meters
M
megabytes of memory
Mbytes
1,000,000 bytes
sec
seconds
V
volts
VDC
volts direct current