Glossary
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G-5
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EPP
enhanced parallel port
excitation
voltage or current supplied to a sensor
external trigger
a voltage pulse from an external source that triggers an event such as A/D
conversion
G
gain
the factor by which a signal is amplified, sometimes expressed in decibels
GF
gauge factor
H
HDLC
high-level data link control
Hz
hertz
I
IBM
International Business Machines
IC
integrated circuit
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
interrupt
a computer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current task
to service a designated activity
I/O
input/output
IRQ
interrupt request
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture