National Instruments NI 6120 Switch User Manual


 
Glossary
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LabVIEW Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench—a program
development application based on the programming language G and used
commonly for test and measurement purposes
LED light emitting diode
LSB least significant bit
M
master a functional part of a MXI/VME/VXIbus device that initiates data
transfers on the backplane; a transfer can be either a read or a write
MAX Measurement and Automation Explorer
MB megabytes of memory
Measurement Studio a set of test and measurement-oriented software tools from National
Instruments for C, C++, and Visual Basic users
MHz megahertz
MIO multifunction I/O
MITE MXI Interface to Everything
MSB most significant bit
mux multiplexer—a switching device with multiple inputs that sequentially
connects each of its inputs to its output, typically at high speeds, in order
to measure several signals with a single analog input channel
mV millivolts
MXI a high-performance communication link that interconnects devices using
round, flexible cables