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Glossary-1

Lab-PC+ User Manual

Glossary

Prefix

Meaning

Value

p-

pico-

10

-12

n-

nano-

10

-9

µ

-

micro-

10

-6

m-

milli-

10

-3

k-

kilo-

10

3

M-

mega-

10

6

G-

giga-

10

9

°

degrees

ohms

%

percent

A

amperes

A/D

analog-to-digital

AC

alternating current

ADC

A/D converter

AWG

American Wire Gauge

BCD

binary-coded decimal

C

Celsius

CMOS

complementary metallic oxide semiconductor

D/A

digital-to-analog

DAC

D/A converter

dB

decibels

DC

direct current

DIFF

differential

DIP

dual inline package

DMA

direct memory access

EISA

Extended Industry Standard Architecture

F

farads

FIFO

first-in-first-out

ft

feet

hex

hexadecimal

Hz

hertz

I/O

input/output

in.

inches

ksamples

1,000 samples

LED

light-emitting diode

LSB

least significant bit

M

megabytes of memory

m

meters

MSB

most significant bit