Glossary
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TDS 200-Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual
Backlight
The illumination behind the liquid-crystal display.
Bezel Buttons
The column of buttons beside the display that select items in the
menus.
Centronics
A serial communication port used to connect to a hard-copy
device, computer, controller, or terminal.
Cursors
Paired markers that you can use to make measurements between
two waveform locations. The oscilloscope displays the values
(expressed in volts or time) of the position of each cursor and
the distance between the two cursors.
DC Coupling
A mode that passes both AC and DC signal components to the
circuit. Available for both the trigger system and the vertical
system.
Digitizing
The process of converting a continuous analog signal such as a
waveform to a set of discrete numbers representing the
amplitude of the signal at specific points in time.
Display
The word used to refer to the screen or the LCD (liquid crystal
display).
Edge Trigger
Triggering that occurs when the oscilloscope detects the source
passing through a specified voltage level in a specified direction
(the trigger slope).
GPIB
A serial communication port used to connect to a hard-copy
device, computer, controller, or terminal.
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