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19 Glossary
API
Application programming interface (API). The standard API for
MATRIX VISION products is called mvIMPACT_Acquire (p. 157).
CIFS
Common internet file system (CIFS) replaced Samba in 2006.
It gets rid of NetBIOS packets an introduced Unix features like
soft/hard links and allows larger files.
CPU
Central processing unit aka processor.
DAC Digital to analog converter (D/A converter).
Defaults Standard system settings.
Digital I/O Digital inputs and outputs.
GenICam
GenICam stands for GEN eric programming I nterface for CAM eras.
It's a generic way to access and modify device parameters with a
unified interface. A GenICam compliant device either directly provides
a GenICam compliant description file (in internal memory) or the
description file can be obtained from a local (hard disk etc.) or web
location. A GenICam description file is something like a machine
readable device manual. It provides a user readable name and value
range for parameters (p. 159) that are offered by the device for reading
and/or
writing and instructions on what command must be send to a device when
the user modifies or reads a certain parameter from the device. These
description files are written in XML. An excerpt from such a file can
be seen in the figure below:
Excerpt of a GenICam description file (in XML)
For further information on this topic please have a look at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenICam.
GenTL
GenTL is the transport layer interface for
cameras, acquiring images from the camera, and moving them to the
user application.
Gigabit Ethernet (GigE)
The term Gigabit Ethernet (defined by the
IEEE 802.3-2008 standard) represents various technologies for
transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second
(1,000,000,000 bits per second).
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