Handbook
November 2011 / 59-UMC0071 / Issue 01
Mercury iTC
Page 144
GLOSSARY
Original Instructions
Acronyms and abbreviations
ADC Analogue to Digital Converter
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CJC Cold Junction Compensation
DAC Digital to Analogue Converter
DCE Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
EPROM Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory
ESSD Electrostatic Sensitive Devices
EOS End of String
GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE-488)
GUI Graphical User Interface
I/O Input/output
LCCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
N/A Not Applicable
NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient
PC Personal Computer
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PGA Programmable Gain Amplifier
PTC Positive Temperature Coefficient
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
RT Room Temperature
SCPI Signal Orientated Measurement Commands (a command protocol)
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
TBA To be Advised
UID Unique Identifier
USB Universal Serial Bus