Glossary Terms and Definitions I

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I/O

Definition: Input and Output abbreviation.

IEEE

Definition: "The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 360,000 individual members in approximately 175 countries. The full name is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., although the organization is most popularly known and referred to by the letters I-E-E-E." - ieee.org

Image Rejection

Definition: Measure of a receiver's ability to reject signals at its image frequency. Expressed in dB.

Impedance

Definition: Represented by the symbol Z - a measure of the opposition to electric flow. Measure

INL

Definition: Internal Non-Linearity.

Integral Non-Linearity

Definition: A measure of a data converter's ability to adhere to an ideal slope in its transfer function.

Intellectual Property

Definition: Trade knowledge, technical information and literary or artistic works including patents, trademarks, and copyrights are exclusive to the creator.

Internet Protocol

Definition: Standard method for data transfer used on the Internet. Referred to as IP or TCP/IP connections.

ISO

Definition: International Standards Organization. Responsible for setting the standards for different test and measurement equipment.

Isothermal Block

Definition: thermally conductive block that balances the temperature of thermocoupled connections. .

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