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'''D'''
;Driver : (also ''device driver'') Software that allows access to a particular hardware module. Many device drivers are contained in the MIDAS package. 
;Driver : (also ''device driver'') Software that allows access to a particular hardware module.




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;Equipment : in MIDAS refers to a ''Software Equipment'' and its related ''Hardware Equipment'' (if any).  
;Equipment : in MIDAS refers to a ''Software Equipment'' and its related ''Hardware Equipment'' (if any).  
:;Hardware Equipment
:;Hardware Equipment
:: Modules (e.g. a set of scalers) grouped together for convenience of data readout
:: Hardware modules (e.g. a set of scalers) grouped together for convenience of data readout
:; Software Equipment
:; Software Equipment
:: A software entity that usually includes collecting the data from a set of Hardware Equipment and outputting it into the Data Buffer as Data Banks. Software Equipments are usually found in [[Frontend Operation#Frontends| Frontends]].
:: A software entity that usually includes collecting the data from a set of Hardware Equipment and outputting it into the Data Buffer as Data Banks. Software Equipments are usually found in [[Frontend Operation#Frontends| Frontends]].

Revision as of 16:27, 18 October 2013

D

Driver
(also device driver) Software that allows access to a particular hardware module.


E

Equipment
in MIDAS refers to a Software Equipment and its related Hardware Equipment (if any).
Hardware Equipment
Hardware modules (e.g. a set of scalers) grouped together for convenience of data readout
Software Equipment
A software entity that usually includes collecting the data from a set of Hardware Equipment and outputting it into the Data Buffer as Data Banks. Software Equipments are usually found in Frontends.

F

Frontend (task)
A MIDAS application built by the user which usually has access to hardware equipment in use by the experiment.
Frontend code
User-written part (e.g. frontend.c) describing sequence of actions to acquire the hardware data. It is linked with a fixed framework mfe.c to form a Frontend..


O

ODB
Online Data Base contains all the information needed for an experiment


R


Run
A run starts when the MIDAS system receives a Start Transition , and continues until it receives a Stop transition


T

Transition