National Instruments 800 Series User Manual
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Glossary
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L
LED
Light-emitting diode
M
m
meters
master
A functional part of a VME/VXIbus device that initiates data transfers
on the backplane. A transfer can be either a read or a write.
MB
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-VISA
The National Instruments implementation of the VISA standard; an
interface-independent software that provides a unified programming
interface for VXI, GPIB, and serial instruments
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.