National Instruments NI PXI-562X - Manual (Page 25)

Glossary
NI PXI-562x User Manual G-2 © National Instruments Corporation
AC coupled allowing the transmission of AC signals while blocking DC signals
ADC analog-to-digital converter—an electronic device, often an integrated
circuit, that converts an analog voltage to a digital number
ADC resolution the resolution of the ADC, which is measured in bits. An ADC with
16 bits has a higher resolution, and thus a higher degree of accuracy,
than a 12-bit ADC.
ADE application development environment
alias a false lower frequency component that appears in sampled data acquired
at too low a sampling rate
amplification a type of signal conditioning that improves accuracy in the resulting
digitized signal and reduces noise
amplitude flatness a measure of how close to constant the gain of a circuit remains over a range
of frequencies
analog bandwidth the range of frequencies to which a measuring device can respond
attenuate to decrease the amplitude of a signal
B
b bit—one binary digit, either 0 or 1
B byte—eight related bits of data, an eight-bit binary number. Also used to
denote the amount of memory required to store one byte of data.
bus the group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry in a computer.
Typically, a bus is the expansion vehicle to which I/O or other devices are
connected. An example of the PC bus is the PCI bus.
C
C Celsius
CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductor—a process used in making
chips.