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Glossary
Symbol
Prefix
Value
n
nano
10
–9
micro
10
–6
m
milli
10
–3
k
kilo
10
3
A
A
amperes
ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
C
C
Celsius
D
DI
digital input
DMA
direct memory access—A method by which data can be transferred
to/from computer memory from/to a device or memory on the bus
while the processor does something else. DMA is the fastest method
of transferring data to/from computer memory.
DO
digital output