Owner's manual

Glossary

Bus Master A type of a plug-in board or controller

with the ability to read and write

devices on the computer bus.

Byte Eight related bits of data, an eight-bit

binary number. Also used to denote the

amount of memory required to store

one byte of data.

Cache High-speed processor memory that

buffers commonly used instructions or

data to increase processing throughput.

Channel List A variable length list of 1 to 8

channels/ports

Control Register(s) Registers containing control bits to

initiate control signals to various

onboard subsystems.

Code Generator A software program, controlled from

an intuitive user interface that creates

syntactically correct high-level source

code in languages such as C or Basic.

Component Software An application that contains one or

more component objects that can

freely interact with other component

software. Examples include OLE-

enabled applications such as Microsoft

Visual Basic and OLE Controls for

virtual instrumentation in Component

Works.

Counter/Timer A circuit that counts external pulses or

clock pulses (timing), such as the Intel

8254 device.

Coupling The manner in which a signal is

connected from one location to

another.

Crosstalk An unwanted signal on one channel

due to an input on a different channel.