List of ieee 488 acronyms & abbreviations – Measurement Computing Personal488 rev.3.0 For DOS & Windows 3.Xi User Manual
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List of IEEE 488 Acronyms & Abbreviations
The following list of acronyms and abbreviations apply to IEEE 488:
OO
(bullet symbol) “and”
*
(asterisk symbol) “unasserted”
*CA
Not Controller Active mode
*SC
Not System Controller mode
ACG
Addressed Command Group
ADC
Analog-to-Digital Converter
API
Application Program Interface
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATN
Attention line
CA
Controller Active mode
CCL
Character Command Language
CMD
Bus Command interpretation
CTS
Clear To Send line
DAV
Data Valid line
DCD
Data Carrier Detect line
DCL
Device Clear bus command
DDE
Dynamic Data Exchange
DIO
Data Transfer (I/O) line
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMM
Digital Multimeter
DSR
Data Set Ready line
DTR
Data Terminal Ready line
EOI
End-Or-Identify line
EOL
End-Of-Line terminator
GET
Group Execute Trigger bus command
GTL
Go To Local bus command
IEEE
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
IFC
Interface Clear line
IOCTL
Input/Output Control
ist
Bus Device Individual Status
LAG
Listen Address Group bus command
LLO
Local Lock Out bus command
MLA
My Listen Address
MTA
My Talk Address
NDAC
Not Data Accepted line
NRFD
Not Ready For Data line
PPC
Parallel Poll Configure bus command
PPD
Parallel Poll Disable bus command
PPU
Parallel Poll Unconfig bus command
REN
Remote Enable line
RI
Ring Indicator line
RS
Revised Standard
rsv
Request for Service bit
RTS
Request To Send line
SC
System Controller mode
SCG
Secondary Command Group
SCPI
Standard Command for Programmable Instruments
SDC
Selected Device Clear bus command
SPD
Serial Poll Disable bus command
SPE
Serial Poll Enable bus command
SRQ
Service Request line
TAG
Talk Address Group bus command
TCT
Take Control bus command
UCG
Universal Command Group
UNL
Unlisten bus command
UNT
Untalk bus command