Glossary: Technical terms in Delphin measurement technology

The glossary gives you an explanation of the most common terms from the world of measurement technology.

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10 BaseT
100 BaseTX
1000 BaseT

A

AC
Access Point
Accuracy
Actuator
Adapter channel
Adaptive storage method
Adjustment
Amplitude
Analog signal
Analog-digital measuring time
Application variable
ASCII
Audit trail

B

Baud
Baud rate
Binary signal
Burden
Bus

C

Calibration
CAN
CAN-Raw
CAT 5
CAT 6
Channel group
Characteristic diagram
CIFS
Client
Client-Server
COM
Combustion chamber vibration
Counter

D

Dashboard
Data logger
DataService
DataService Configurator
DC
DCP
Debouncing
Devistore
DHCP
Differentiator channel
Digital signal
DMS rosette channel
DNS
Duty cycle / duty factor

E

Earthing
End module
ESD
Ethernet
External bus
External voltage

F

FFT
Fieldbus
Firmware
FlipFlop channel
Freewheeling diode
Frequency spectrum

G

Gateway
Ground loops

I

I/O module
ICP
IEPE
IEPE sensor / ICP sensor
Init module
Integrator channel
Interference voltage
Isolation amplifier

K

Keyphasor

L

Line resistance
Load
Logging
Logic diagram

M

Mains hum
Master-Slave
Measurement deviation
Measuring bridge
Measuring chain
Measuring channel
Memory group
MetiOS
Modbus RTU
Modbus TCP
Multiplexer

N

Net mask
NTP

O

ODBC
Offset
OPC DA

P

PE
PID controller channel
Potential equalization
Potential isolation
Potential-free
PROFIBUS
PROFINET
PTP
Pulse width modulation (PWM)

R

Reference measuring point
Resolution
Ring buffer
Root Mean Square (RMS)
RS 232
RS 485
RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector)

S

Sampling rates
Scaling
SCPI
SDI-12 interface
Sensor
Sensor characteristic curve
Sensor compensation
Sequence module
Serial interface
Shielding
Shunt
Sigma-delta converter
Signal conditioning
Sniffer
Software channels
SQL
Status monitor
Strain gauge amplifier

T

Terminal Server
Terminating resistor
Termination resistor
Thermocouple
Thermocouple types
Timestamp
Total sampling rate
Transient
Transmitter
Trend
Trigger
TRMS true rms value

U

Useful signal

V

Voltage difference

W

Watchdog
Wheatstone measuring bridge
Wire breakage