National Instruments PCI-8430, Manual

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Conventions
This help file uses the following formatting and typographical
conventions:
< > Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an
ellipsis represent a range of values associated with a bit
or signal name—for example, AO <0..3>.
» The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and
dialog box options to a final action. The sequence
File»Page Setup»Options directs you to pull down the
File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select
Options from the last dialog box.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important
information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of
precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss, or a system
crash.
bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the
software, such as menu items and dialog box options.
Bold text also denotes parameter names.
dark red Text in this color denotes a caution.
ExpressCard
serial boards ExpressCard serial boards refers to all versions of the
ExpressCard serial boards.
green Underlined text in this color denotes a link to a help topic,
help file, or Web address.
italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, cross references,
or an introduction to a key concept. Italic text also denotes
text that is a placeholder for a word or value that you must
supply.
monospace
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should
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, filenames, and