Glossary
NI-488.2M SRM for OS/2
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I/O Address
The address of the GPIB board from the point of
view of the CPU, as opposed to the GPIB
address of the GPIB board. Also called port
address or board address.
ist
An Individual Status bit of the status byte used in
the Parallel Poll Configure function.
L
LAD or Listen Address
See MLA.
Language Interface
Code that enables an application program that
uses NI-488.2M functions or NI-488.2M routines
to access the driver.
Listen Address
See MLA.
Listener
A GPIB device that receives data messages from
a Talker.
LLO
Local Lockout is the GPIB command used to tell
all devices that they may or should ignore remote
(GPIB) data messages or local (front panel)
controls, depending on whether the device is in
local or remote program mode.
Low-Level Function
A rudimentary board or device function that
performs a single operation. See High-Level
Function.
M
Make File
Utility that compiles and links programs.
MB
Megabytes of memory.
Memory-Resident
Resident in RAM.
MLA
A GPIB command used to address a device to be
(My Listen Address)
a Listener. There are 31 primary addresses.