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G-1
Glossary
Prefix
Meaning
Value
m-
milli-
10
–3
k-
kilo-
10
3
M-
mega-
10
6
°
degrees
%
percent
A
amperes
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
C
Celsius
DIP
dual inline package
DMA
direct memory access
EMI
electromagnetic interference
g
grams
GPIB
General Purpose Interface Bus
Hz
hertz
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
in.
inches
lb
pounds
LED
light-emitting diode
m
meters
MB
megabytes of memory
RAM
random-access memory
s
seconds
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface (bus)
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