| 8-wide I/O interface carrier
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Assembly that provides power and
communication connections for the DeltaV I/O Interface.
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| 10BaseT
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IEEE standard for a 10-Megabit per second
(Mbps) baseband network on twisted-pair wiring.
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| American Wire Gauge (AWG)
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Usual system of wire size measurement in the
United States. A 14 AWG wire has a cross-sectional area of 2.08 mm; a 000 AWG
wire has a cross-sectional area of 85.02 mm. Note that the smaller the AWG
value, the larger the wire.
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| Bit
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Electrical equivalent of a 0 or a 1 that
represents the basic unit of computer communication.
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| Deutsche Institute für Normung (DIN)
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The German standards organization.
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| Ethernet
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Local area network (LAN) specification that
uses baseband signaling at 10 Megabits per second (Mbps).
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| Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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A United States government communications
standards group.
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| Fiber-optic cable
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Thin, transparent fibers of glass or plastic
that transmit data through pulses of light from a laser or light-emitting diode
(LED).
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| Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE)
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Independent technical organization that
defines standards for the electrical, electronic, and computer industries.
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| IEEE 802.3
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Set of specifications from the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for local area networks (LANs). This
specification provides standards for media access control.
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| Input/Output (I/O)
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Signal reception and transmission or signal
interfacing. Input, for an instrument, involves accepting and processing
signals from field devices. Output, for an instrument, involves converting
commands into electrical signals to field devices.
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| Instrument Society of America (ISA)
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Independent organization that defines
instrumentation standards.
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| Light-emitting diode (LED)
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Electronic component that generates a small
focused beam of light in response to a current passing through the component.
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| Local Area Network (LAN)
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Communications network within a limited
physical area that provide high-speed data transmission.
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| LocalBus
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A DeltaV Power/Controller Carrier, its
associated DeltaV I/O Interface Carriers, and the cables that connect them.
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| Megabit (Mb)
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One million binary bits.
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| Military standard (MIL)
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Standard requirements as set by United
States military organizations.
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| Node
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Communication device, such as a workstation
or controller, attached to the Control Network.
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| Operating range
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A sensor type's input signal range over
which the accuracy is stated.
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| Port
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Physical connection between an electronic
device and a cable.
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| Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
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Battery that supplies continuous power to a
computer system if there is a failure or an interruption in the AC power
source.
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