这些规范的目的是为通用电子电压表之间的比较提供一个共同的基础。建议所有为一般应用提供仪器的制造商提供概述的信息。就本规范而言，通用电压表不包括主要用于测量脉冲或类似不连续波形的仪器，或设计用于提供极高输入电阻（1010欧姆或更高）的静电计类型的仪器。人们认识到，这些和其他特殊类别的仪器应提供额外信息，当制造商提供用于更一般应用的仪器时，不应要求制造商提供这些信息。

The purpose of these specifications is to give a common basis of comparison among electronic voltmeters offered for general purpose applications. It is recommended that all manufacturers offering instruments for general applications supply the information outlined. For the purpose of these specifications, general-purpose voltmeters do not include instruments which are primarily intended for measurement of pulses or similar discontinuous waveforms, or instruments of the electrometer type which are designed to provide an extremely high input resistance (1010 ohms or more). It is recognized that additional information should be supplied with instruments in these and other special groups which manufacturers should not be asked to supply when they are offering instruments for more genera1 applications.