Conventions Used In This Manual - National Instruments GPIB-232CV User Manual

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• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used
in this manual including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes,
mnemonics, and symbols.

Conventions Used in This Manual

The following conventions are used in this manual:
italic
monospace
bold
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IEEE 488 and
IEEE 488.2
RS-232
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, and terms are listed
in the Glossary.
GPIB-232CV User Manual
Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or
an introduction to a key concept.
Text in this font denotes text or characters that
are to be literally input from the keyboard,
sections of code, programming examples, syntax
examples, and names of variables.
Bold text in this manual denotes a signal name or
a front panel LED indicator.
Angle brackets enclose the ASCII character
symbols for certain keystrokes. For example,
<CR> for carriage return and <LF> for linefeed.
A hyphen between two or more key names
enclosed in angle brackets denotes that you
should simultaneously press the named keys–for
example, <Control-Alt-Delete>.
IEEE 488 and IEEE 488.2 are used throughout
this manual to refer to the ANSI/IEEE Standard
488.1-1987 and the ANSI/IEEE Standard
488.2-1987, respectively, which define the
GPIB.
RS-232 is used throughout this manual to refer
to the ANSI/EIA-232-C standard.
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