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differentiated instruction An
instruction that is executed only once each time its execution condition goes
from
OFF to ON. Nondif
ferentiated instructions are executed each cycle as long
as the execution condition stays ON.
differentiation instruction An
instruction used to
ensure that the operand bit is never turned ON for more
than one cycle after the execution condition goes either from OFF to ON for a
Differentiate
Up instruction or from ON to OFF for a Dif
ferentiate Down instruc
-
tion.
digit A unit of storage in memory that consists of four bits.
digit designator An
operand that is used to designate the digit or digits of
a word to be used by an
instruction.
distributed control An
automation
concept in which control of each portion of an automated system
is
located near the devices actually being controlled, i.e.,
control is decentralized
and
‘distributed’ over the system.
Distributed control is one of the fundamental
concepts of PC Systems.
DM area A data area used to hold only word
data. W
ords in the DM area cannot be ac-
cessed bit by bit.
download The
process of transferring a program or data from a higher-level
computer to a
lower-level computer or PC.
electrical noise Random
variations of one or more electrical
characteristics such as voltage, cur
-
rent, and data, which might interfere with the normal operation of a device.
error code A
numeric code generated to indicate
that an error exists, and something about
the
nature of the error
. Some error
codes are generated by the system; others
are defined in the program by the operator.
exclusive OR A
logic operation whereby the result is true if
one, and only one, of the premises
is true. In ladder-diagram programming the premises are usually the ON/OFF
states
of bits, or the logical combination of
such states, called execution condi
-
tions.
exclusive NOR A
logic operation whereby the result is true if both of the premises are true or both
of the premises are
false.
In ladder-diagram programming the premises are usu
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ally
the ON/OFF states of bits, or the logical combination of such states, called
execution conditions.
exection condition The ON or OFF status under which an instruction is executed. The execution
condition
is determined by the logical combination of conditions on the same in
-
struction line and up to the instruction currently being executed.
execution time The time required for the CPU to execute either an individual instruction or an
entire program.
Expansion I/O Backplane A Backplane which is used to create an Expansion I/O Rack.
Expansion I/O Rack Part
of a building-block PC, an Expansion I/O Rack is connected to either a
CPU
Rack
or another Expansion I/O Rack to increase the number
of slots available
for mounting Units.
extended counter A
counter created in a program by using two or more count instructions in suc
-
cession.
Such a counter is capable of counting higher than any of the standard
counters provided by the individual instructions.
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