ETAS Glossary
Time Slider
Control used for navigating on the time axis, including zooming func-
tionality.
Title Bar
Header of an instrument showing the name of that instrument.
Toolbar
Section which provides access to software function via icons.
Tooltip
Information on a concrete object (e.g. a measure file or an icon) that
is shown when hovering over that object.
Track
Path travelled by a vehicle shown as a route in the map.
TSV file
A tab-separated values (TSV) file is a delimited text file that uses a
tabulator to separate values. Each line of the file is a data record.
Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by tabulators.
V
Variable
Generic term for measure and calibration variables as well as cal-
culated signals.
Variable Explorer
View listing all variables and signals that are available from the data
sources. This list is used for selection and assignment to an instru-
ment or as input for an activity (e.g. Calculated Signal, trigger con-
dition, export...).
Video
Instrument type that is used to display the measure files recorded
with the INCAVideo-Integration add-on. It is recommended for com-
bining a visual observation with the recorded data, and for analyzing
in a synchronized mode the file data in relation to other meas-
urements.
W
Working area
Part of the MDA V8 main window where visualization and analysis
takes place (i.e. layers with instruments and signals).
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