Glossary
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G-5
M
m
Meters.
MAX
NI Measurement & Automation Explorer, the utility which allows you to
configure and test your PXI system.
MHz
Megahertz. One million Hertz; one Hertz equals one cycle per second.
ms
Millisecond. One thousandth of a second (10
–3
).
MTBF
Mean time between failure.
MTTR
Mean time to repair.
N
NEMA
National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
NI
National Instruments.
NI-DAQmx
National Instruments driver which controls the operation of National
Instruments data acquisition (DAQ) devices.
NI-VISA
National Instruments’ implementation of the VISA (Virtual Instrument
System Architecture) I/O standard. NI-VISA provides support for the
VISA API, and also provides VISAIC, a utility for instrument
configuration and I/O function execution.
ns
Nanosecond, one billionth of a second (10
–9
).
P
ppm
Parts-per-million.
power-supply shuttle
A removable module that contains the chassis power supply.
ps
Picosecond, one trillionth of a second (10
–12
).
