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7.2 Options

Table 22: Options Available on VFD2041

Inverse Blue VFD

WB

Inverse Yellow VFD

IY

White backlight with Gray glass (Ice Blue)

GW

Extended Temperature

E

Wide Voltage

V

Wide Voltage with Efficient Switching Power

Supply

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8 Appendix: Glossary

Table 23: Appendix: Glossary

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

A 7 bit binary code representing the English alpha-

bet, decimal numbers and common punctuation marks.

Also includes control characters such as carriage re-

turn or end of text. An 8 bit superset of the standard

ASCII codes is often used today to include foreign

characters and other symbols. These supersets are of-

ten called extended ASCII character sets.

Baud Rate

The (data and signaling) bit transmission rate of an RS-

232 device.

Binary Number

A number written using binary notation which only

uses zeros and ones

Bit

The smallest unit of information a computer can work

with. Each bit is either 0 or 1. Binary digit.

Bitmap

A representation, consisting of rows and columns of

dots, of a graphics image in computer memory. The

value of each dot (whether it is filled in or not) is stored

in one or more bits of data.

Byte

A grouping of eight binary bits

Configuration

The way a system is set up, or the assortment of com-

ponents that make up the system. Configuration can

refer to either hardware or software, or the combina-

tion of both.

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