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National Instruments 6023E User Manual

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Glossary

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GPCTR1_UP_DOWN

general purpose counter 1 up down

GPIB

General Purpose Interface bus, synonymous with HP-IB. The standard bus
used for controlling electronic instruments with a computer. Also called
IEEE 488 bus because it is defined by ANSI/IEEE Standards 488-1978,
488.1-1987, and 488.2-1987.

grounded measurement
system

See

RSE

.

H

h

hour

hex

hexadecimal

Hz

hertz—cycles per second of a periodic signal

I

INL

integral nonlinearity—a measure in LSB of the worst-case deviation from
the ideal A/D or D/A transfer characteristic of the analog I/O circuitry

input bias current

the current that flows into the inputs of a circuit

input impedance

the measured resistance and capacitance between the input terminals of a
circuit

input offset current

the difference in the input bias currents of the two inputs of an
instrumentation amplifier

instrumentation
amplifier

a very accurate differential amplifier with a high input impedance

interrupt

a computer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current task
to service a designated activity

I/O

input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving
communications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data
acquisition and control interfaces

I

OH

current, output high

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