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National Instruments Corporation xi PC-DIO-24/PnP Us er Manual
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NI-DAQ NI-DAQ refers to the NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles unless
otherwise noted.
PC PC refers to the IBM PC/XT, the IBM PC AT, and compatible ISA bus
computers unless otherwise noted.
PC-DIO-24/PnP PC-DIO-24/PnP refers to both the Plug and Play and non-Plug and Play
compatible versions of the board.
PC-DIO-24PnP PC-DIO-24PnP refers to the Plug and Play version of the board.
PC-DIO-24 PC-DIO-24 refers to the non-Plug and Play version of the board.
PnP PnP (Plug and Play) refers to a device that is fully compatible with the
industry standard Plug and Play ISA Specification.
non-PnP Non-PnP refers to a device that requires you to configure the device
base address and interrupt level with switches and jumpers. You must
perform this configuration before installing the product in the
computer.
PPI PPI (programmable peripheral interface) is the DIO chip on the
PC-DIO-24/PnP board.
SCXI SCXI stands for Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation
and is a National Instruments product line designed to perform
front-end signal conditioning for National Instruments plug-in DAQ
boards.