Glossary of Items

The following terms are used in the MTConnect Driver documentation. Click any term to expand or collapse a drop-down text with detailed information.

Float

A floating point value which is coded in 32 bits (4 bytes). The precession is limited to 6 decimal digits.

Double

A floating point value which is coded in 64 bits (8 bytes). The precession is limited to 15 decimal digits.

UInt32

An integral type which occupies 32 bits (4 bytes). It represents an unsigned (positive) value in the range between 0 to 4,294,967,295.

Int32

An integral type which occupies 32 bits (4 bytes). It represents a signed value in the range between −2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647.

String

A string is a data type is used to represent text rather than numbers. It is comprised of a set of characters that can even contain spaces and numbers.

DateTime

A DateTime value is encoded as a 64-bit signed integer which represents the number of 100 nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601 (UTC).

MT

Manufacturing Technology

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology