
Glossary
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A register inside the NI-TIO ASIC that stores the res
u
lt of a meas
u
rement.
Hz
hertz—a
u
nit of freq
u
ency. One hertz corresponds to one cycle or event per
second.
I
I/O
inp
u
t/o
u
tp
u
t—the transfer of data to/from a comp
u
ter system involving
comm
u
nications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data
acq
u
isition and control interfaces.
in.
inches
interr
u
pt
A comp
u
ter signal indicating that the CPU sho
u
ld s
u
spend its c
u
rrent task
to service a designated activity.
interr
u
pt level
The relative priority at which a device can interr
u
pt.
IOH
c
u
rrent, o
u
tp
u
t high
IOL
c
u
rrent, o
u
tp
u
t low
IRQ
interr
u
pt req
u
est signal
ISA
ind
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stry standard architect
u
re
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LabVIEW
Laboratory Virt
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al Instr
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ment Engineering Workbench, a National
Instr
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ments graphical programming application.
M
m
meters
max
maxim
u
m
maxim
u
m timebase
The fastest internal timebase available on a device. For NI 6601 devices,
the maxim
u
m timebase is 20 MHz. For NI 6602 devices, the maxim
u
m
timebase is 80 MHz.
min
minim
u
m