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Glossary
PCI-4451/4452 User Manual
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input impedance
the measured resistance and capacitance between the input terminals of a 
circuit
input offset current
the difference in the input bias currents of the two inputs of an 
instrumentation amplifier
instrument driver
a set of high-level software functions that controls a specific GPIB, VXI, 
or RS-232 programmable instrument or a specific plug-in DAQ board. 
Instrument drivers are available in several forms, ranging from a function 
callable language to a virtual instrument (VI) in LabVIEW.
instrumentation 
amplifier
a circuit whose output voltage with respect to ground is proportional to the 
difference between the voltages at its two inputs
integrating ADC
an ADC whose output code represents the average value of the input 
voltage over a given time interval
interrupt
a computer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current task 
to service a designated activity
interrupt level
the relative priority at which a device can interrupt
I/O
input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving 
communications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data 
acquisition and control interfaces
I
OH
current, output high
I
OL
current, output low
IRQ
interrupt request
isolation
a type of signal conditioning in which you isolate the transducer signals 
from the computer for safety purposes. This protects you and your 
computer from large voltage spikes and makes sure the measurements from 
the DAQ device are not affected by differences in ground potentials.
isolation voltage
the voltage that an isolated circuit can normally withstand, usually 
specified from input to input and/or from any input to the amplifier output, 
or to the computer bus
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