National Instruments PCI-6110E/6111E - Manual (Page 10)

About This Manual
PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual xii © National Instruments Corporation
• Appendix C, Common Questions , contains a list of commonly
asked questions and their answers relating to usage and special
features of your 611X E board.
• Appendix D, Customer Communication, contains forms you can
use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on
our products.
• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms
used in this manual, including acronyms, abbreviations, definitions
metric prefixes, mnemonics, and symbols.
• The Index alphabetically lists topics covered in this manual,
including the page where you can find the topic.
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual.
< > Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard (for example,
<option>). Angle brackets containing numbers separated by an ellipsis
represent a range of values associated with a bit or signal name
(for example, DIO<3..0>).
611X E This refers to either the PCI-6110E or PCI-6111E board.
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.
bold Bold text denotes the names of menus, menu items, parameters, dialog
boxes, dialog box buttons or options, icons, windows, Windows 95 tabs,
or LEDs.
bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warning.
italic Italic text denotes 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 Windows 3.x.
Macintosh Macintosh refers to all Macintosh OS computers with PCI bus, unless
otherwise noted.
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