
©Copyright 2000-2007 SD Card Association
SDIO Simplified Specification Version 2.00
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Conventions Used in This Document
Naming Conventions
Some terms are capitalized to distinguish their definition from their common English meaning. Words not
capitalized have their common English meaning.
Numbers and Number Bases
Hexadecimal numbers are written with a lower case “h” suffix, e.g., FFFFh and 80h.
Binary numbers are written with a lower case “b” suffix (e.g., 10b).
Binary numbers larger than four digits are written with a space dividing each group of four digits, as in 1000 0101
0010b.
All other numbers are decimal.
Key Words
May:
Indicates flexibility of choice with no implied recommendation or requirement.
Shall: Indicates a mandatory requirement. Designers shall implement such mandatory requirements to
ensure interchangeability and to claim conformance with the specification.
Should: Indicates a strong recommendation but not a mandatory requirement. Designers should give strong
consideration to such recommendations, but there is still a choice in implementation.
Application Notes
Some sections of this document provide guidance to the host implementers as follows:
Application Note:
This is an example of an application note.