- Industry: Automation
- Number of terms: 8432
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Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information solutions.
A measure of the smallest positional change that can be detected by the encoder. For a rotary encoder, the number of lines per revolution times the encoder multiplier.
Industry:Automation
A measurement of the time phase difference between the voltage and current in an ac circuit. It is represented by the cosine of the angle of this phase difference. Power factor is the ratio of real power (in watts) to apparent power (in volt-amperes).
Industry:Automation
An interface device for serial/parallel conversion, buffering, and adding check bits.
Industry:Automation
Modulator/demodulator. Equipment that connects data terminal equipment to a communication line.
Industry:Automation
1) A circuit in which the signal can vary continuously between specified limits. 2) A circuit that provides a continuous function. 3) Contrasted with digital circuit
Industry:Automation
1) The ability of various specified units to replace one another, with little or no reduction in performance. 2) The ability of units to be interconnected and used without modification.
Industry:Automation
A security measure used to restrict access to a system, a specific function, or sensitive files. A password is typically a unique string of characters that a user types in as an identification code.
Industry:Automation
A method of ordering data records stored as a file, while also providing a way to access stored records.
Industry:Automation
