Conventions Used In This Manual - National Instruments DAQCard-1200 User Manual

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Conventions Used in This Manual

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DAQCard-1200 User Manual
• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms
used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric
prefixes, mnemonics, and symbols.
• The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics in this
manual, including the page where you can find each one.
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard—for example,
<shift>. Angle brackets containing numbers separated by an ellipsis
represent a range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for
example, DBIO<3..0>.
This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a note, which alerts you
to important information.
This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a caution, which advises
you of precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.
This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a warning, which advises
you of precautions to take to avoid being electrically shocked.
Bold italic text denotes an activity objective, note, caution, or warning.
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. This font also denotes text from which you supply the
appropriate word or value, as in NI-DAQ 6.x.
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should literally enter
from the keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax
examples. This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths,
directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions,
operations, variables, file names and extensions, and for statements and
comments taken from programs.
NI-DAQ is used in this manual to refer to the NI-DAQ software for PC
compatibles unless otherwise stated.
PC refers to the IBM PC/XT, PC AT, Personal System/2, and laptop
compatible computers which are equipped with a Type II, 5 V-capable slot
and a PCMCIA standard version 2.0 or later bus interface.
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