
Glossary
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I
I/O
input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving
communications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data
acquisition and control interfaces
IC
integrated circuit
I
EX
x
voltage excitation signal
in.
inches
interrupt
a computer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current task
to service a designated activity
ITS
International Temperature Scale
K
K
(1) kelvin; (2) kilo—the prefix for 1,024, or 2
10
, used with B in quantifying
data or computer memory
kbytes/s
a unit for data transfer that means 1,000 or 10
3
bytes/s
kS
1,000 samples
L
LabVIEW
a graphical programming language
latch
digital device that stores the digital data based on a control signal
LED
light-emitting diode
M
m
meters
M
(1) Mega, the standard metric prefix for 1 million or 10
6
, when used with
units of measure such as volts and hertz; (2) mega, the prefix for 1,048,576,
or 2
20
, when used with B to quantify data or computer memory