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© National Instruments Corp. xv NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual.
bold Text in bold denotes windows, menus, menu options, and
dialog box options.
bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warning.
italic Italic text denotes emphasis, cross references, field names, or
an introduction to a key concept.
monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you enter from
the keyboard. Sections of code, programming examples, and
syntax examples also appear in this font. This font is also
used for the proper name of disk drives, paths, directories,
device names, variables, and for statements taken from
program code.
bold monospace Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that
the computer automatically prints to the screen.
italic monospace
Italic text in this font denotes that you must supply the
appropriate words or values in the place of these items.
< > Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard–for
example, <PageDown>.
- A hyphen between two or more key names enclosed in angle
brackets denotes that you should simultaneously press the
named keys–for example, <Control-C>.
IEEE 488 and IEEE 488 and IEEE 488.2 are used throughout
IEEE 488.2 this manual to refer to the ANSI/IEEE Standard
488.1-1987 and the ANSI/IEEE Standard
488.2-1992, respectively, which define the GPIB.
NI-488.2 software The term NI-488.2 software is used throughout this manual to
refer to the NI-488.2 software for Windows, unless otherwise
noted.
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and terms are listed in
the Glossary.