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Industrial automation

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Industrial automation

Character mode

Automation; Industrial automation

In the Advisor system, the mode in which ASCII and graphic characters are presented to yield a resolution of 80 by 48 lines or columns.

Reverse-polarity protection

Automation; Industrial automation

Using a diode in a circuit to protect against damage in case polarity of the power supply should be accidentally reversed.

Termination

Automation; Industrial automation

A load connected to the end of a transmission line. To avoid signal reflections, it must match the characteristic impedance of the line.

Link-level acknowledge

Automation; Industrial automation

An immediate response transmission from a station after receiving a transmission, without requiring the station to acquire the token. Reception of a positive acknowledgment indicates successful ...

Manipulation

Automation; Industrial automation

The process of controlling and monitoring data table bits, bytes, or words by means of the user programme to vary application functions.

Real time

Automation; Industrial automation

1) Having to do with the actual time during which physical events take place. 2) The performance of a computation during the actual time that the related physical process transpires so that the ...

Discrete circuit

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A circuit built from separate components that were manufactured individually. 2) Contrasted with integrated circuit

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