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Conventions Used in This Manual

The following conventions are used in this manual.
bold italic
bold monospace
italic
italic monospace
monospace
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and terms
are listed in the Glossary.

Related Documentation

The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as
you read this manual.
• ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, IEEE Standard Digital Interface for
Programmable Instrumentation.
• ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.2-1992, IEEE Standard Codes, Formats,
Protocols, and Common Commands.
PCI-GPIB for Digital UNIX
Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or
warning.
Bold text in this font denotes the messages and
responses that the computer automatically prints
to the screen.
Italic text denotes a cross reference.
Italic text in this font denotes that you must
supply the appropriate words or values in place
of these items.
Text in this font denotes text or characters that
are to be literally input from the keyboard. It is
also used for the proper names of disk drives,
directories, programs, device names, variables,
and filenames.
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