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GPIB-PRL User Manual
Glossary
Prefix
Meaning
Value
m-
k-
M-
milli-
kilo-
mega-
10-3
103
106
°
degrees
%
percent
A
amperes
AC
alternating current
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
C
Celsius
CMOS
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
EMI
electromagnetic interference
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
GPIB
General Purpose Interface Bus
Hz
hertz
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
in.
inches
KB
kilobytes of memory
LED
light-emitting diode
m
meters
MB
megabytes of memory
s
seconds
VAC
volts alternating current
VDC
volts direct current