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Industrial automation

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Industrial automation

low nibble

Automation; Industrial automation

The 4 least-significant bits of a byte.

storage bit

Automation; Industrial automation

A bit in a data table word that does not correspond directly with a physical I/O circuit.

dither

Automation; Industrial automation

A small oscillation signal superimposed on a velocity signal to overcome the effect of static friction that would otherwise occur at zero velocity. Without a dither, a low-velocity signal may be ...

high nibble

Automation; Industrial automation

The 4 most-significant bits of a byte.

underflow bit

Automation; Industrial automation

A bit that is set to indicate that the result of an operation is less than the minimum value that can be contained in a register.

translator

Automation; Industrial automation

A software program that operates on, or uses as data, other programs to translate higher level instructions into machine-executable instructions.

low byte

Automation; Industrial automation

The 8 least-significant bits of a 16-bit or 32-bit word.

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