Glossary
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VXIpc-850 Series User Manual
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megabytes of memory
MITE
A National Instruments custom ASIC, a sophisticated dual-
channel DMA controller that incorporates the Synchronous MXI
and VME64 protocols to achieve high-performance block
transfer rates
MODID
Module ID Lines . Used in VXI to geographically locate boards
and to dynamically configure boards
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
N
NI-VXI
The National Instruments bus interface software for
VME/VXIbus systems
NMI
NonMaskable Interrupt
Non-Slot 0 device
A device configured for installation in any slot in a VXIbus
mainframe other than Slot 0. Installing such a device into Slot 0
can damage the device, the VXIbus backplane, or both.
P
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect. The PCI bus is a high-
performance 32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and
data lines.
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PEM
Penn Engineering Manufacturing Corporation. A manufact urer
of nuts pressed into metal
POSC
Power-On Self Configuration. A process by which the MITE
chip programs its own registers from EEPROMs at power up
PWB
Printed Wire Board