Glossary
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EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EPP enhanced parallel port
excitation voltage or current supplied to a sensor
external trigger a voltage pulse from an external source that triggers an event such as A/D
conversion
G
gain the factor by which a signal is amplified, sometimes expressed in decibels
GF gauge factor
H
HDLC high-level data link control
Hz hertz
I
IBM International Business Machines
IC integrated circuit
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
interrupt a computer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current task
to service a designated activity
I/O input/output
IRQ interrupt request
ISA Industry Standard Architecture