11. Glossary
11.1 Terms
Term: ac
See Vac
(p. 520).
Term: accuracy
A measure of the correctness of a measurement. See also the appendix
Accuracy, Precision, and Resolution
(p. 522).
Term: A-to-D
Analog-to-digital conversion. The process that translates analog voltage
levels to digital values.
Term: amperes (A)
Base unit for electric current. Used to quantify the capacity of a power source
or the requirements of a power-consuming device.
Term: analog
Data presented as continuously variable electrical signals.
Term: argument
Parameter
(p. 508): part of a procedure (or command) definition.
Argument
(p. 489): part of a procedure call (or command execution). An
argument is placed in a parameter. For example, in the CRBasic command
Battery(dest), dest is a parameter that defines what argument is to be put in
its place in a CRBasic program. If a variable named BattV is to hold the
result of the battery measurement made by Battery(), BattV is the argument
placed in dest. In the statement
Battery(BattV)
BattV is the argument.