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Text Conventions
This guide uses the following text conventions:
Acronyms
This guide uses the following acronyms:
bold text
Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Enter
show ip {alerts
|
routes}.
Example: Use the dinfo command.
italic text Indicates file and directory names, new terms, book
titles, and variables in command syntax descriptions.
Where a variable is two or more words, the words are
connected by an underscore.
Example: If the command syntax is:
show at < valid_route >
valid_route is one variable and you substitute one value
for it.
screen text
Indicates system output, for example, prompts and
system messages.
Example:
Set Trap Monitor Filters
[Enter] Named keys in text are enclosed in square brackets.
The notation [Enter] is used for the Enter key and the
Return key.
[Ctrl]-C Two or more keys that must be pressed simultaneously
are shown in text linked with a hyphen (-) sign.
AUI attachment unit interface
BootP Bootstrap Protocol
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access/collision detection
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