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Glossary
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The RS- 232 standard supports two types of connectors — a
25- pin D- type connector (DB- 25) and a 9- pin D- type
connector (DB- 9). The type of serial communications used
by PCs requires only 9 pins so either type of connector will
work equally well with PCs.
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Server
Server is part of the client/server model used in distributed
computing. A server is a computer system designated to act
as a main servicer of requests from other client computer
systems, such as I/O application requests, networking
requests, and so forth.
SICL
The Agilent Standard Instrument Control Library (SICL) is a
software used for I/O application programming. SICL is part
of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite.
SRQ
Service Request (SRQ) is an asynchronous request or an
interrupt from a remote device indicating that the device
requires servicing.