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Glossary-1

PC-DIO-24 User Manual

Glossary

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Prefix

Meaning

Value

µ

-

micro-

10-6

m-

milli-

10-3

k-

kilo-

10

3

M-

mega-

10

6

°

degrees

ohms

%

percent

A

amperes

AWG

American Wire Gauge

BCD

binary-coded decimal

C

Celsius

DMA

direct memory access

hex

hexadecimal

Hz

hertz

in.

inches

Iin

input current

Iout

output current

kbytes

1,024 bytes

LSB

least significant bit

MB

megabytes of memory

m

meters

MSB

most significant bit

PPI

programmable peripheral interface

R

EXT

external resistance

s

seconds

SSR

solid-state relay

V

volts

V

EXT

external volt

VDC

volts direct current