About This Manual
NI-VXI User Manual xiv © National Instruments Corporation
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• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms
used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, and metric
prefixes.
• The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics used
in this manual, including the page where each one can be found.
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
bold Bold text denotes parameters, menus, menu items, dialog box buttons
or options, or error messages.
bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warning.
bold Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the
monospace computer automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes
lines of example code that are different from the other examples.
italic Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a
key concept.
monospace Text in this font denotes the names of all VXI function calls, source
code, sections of code, function syntax, console responses, variable
names, and syntax examples.
In this manual numbers are decimal unless noted as follows:
• Binary numbers are indicated by a -b suffix (for example,
11010101b).
• Octal numbers are indicated by an -o suffix (for example, 325o).
• Hexadecimal numbers are indicated by an -h suffix (for example,
D5h).
• ASCII character and string values are indicated by double quotation
marks (for example, "This is a string").
• Long values are indicated by an -L suffix (for example, 0x1111L).
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and
terms are listed in the Glossary.