APN
Cellular Access Point Name (obtained from your cellular network provider)
argument
Part of a procedure call (or command execution).
array
A group of variables as declared in CRBasic.
ASCII/ANSI
Abbreviation for American Standard Code for Information Interchange / American National
Standards Institute. An encoding scheme in which numbers from 0-127 (ASCII) or 0-255
(ANSI) are used to represent pre-defined alphanumeric characters. Each number is usually
stored and transmitted as 8 binary digits (8 bits), resulting in 1 byte of storage per character
of text.
asynchronous
The transmission of data between a transmitting and a receiving device occurs as a series of
zeros and ones. For the data to be "read" correctly, the receiving device must begin reading
at the proper point in the series. In asynchronous communications, this coordination is
accomplished by having each character surrounded by one or more start and stop bits
which designate the beginning and ending points of the information. Also indicates the
sending and receiving devices are not synchronized using a clock signal.
AWG
AWG ("gauge") is the accepted unit when identifying wire diameters. Larger AWG values
indicate smaller cross-sectional diameter wires. Smaller AWG values indicate large-diameter
wires. For example, a 14 AWG wire is often used for grounding because it can carry large
currents. 22 AWG wire is often used as sensor wire since only small currents are carried when
measurements are made.
Appendix C. Glossary259
To Next Page
Loading...
