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VXIpc-850 Series User Manual
Glossary
Glossary
Prefix
Meaning
Value
n-
nano-
10
-9
µ
-
micro-
10
-6
m-
milli-
10
-3
k-
kilo-
10
3
M
mega-
10
6
G-
giga-
10
9
A
A
Amperes
address
Character code that identifies a specific location (or series of
locations) in memory
address space
A set of 2 n memory locations differentiated from other such sets
in VXI/VMEbus systems by six addressing lines known as
address modifiers. n is the number of address lines required to
uniquely specify a byte location in a given space. Valid numbers
for n are 16, 24, and 32. In VME/VXI, because there are six
address modifiers, there are 64 possible address spaces.
ANSI
American National Standards Institute