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Definitions
The following conventions are used in the SPARCbook 3 Technical
Reference Manual:
Logic states
The terms clear or low indicate that the signal being discussed is at the logic
level ‘0’.
The terms set or high indicate that the signal being discussed is at the logic
level ‘1’.
The term asserted indicates that a signal is in its true or active state
regardless of whether that state is high or low.
The term negated indicates that a signal is in its false or inactive state
regardless of whether that state is high or low.
Data entities
A halfword is taken to contain 16 bits.
A word is taken to contain 32 bits.
A doubleword is taken to contain 64 bits
Typographical conventions
Different typography is used in this guide to distinguish between normal
text, examples of SPARCbook responses, and cases where you are required
to provide input using the keyboard or mouse.
Key presses, buttons, and field names
Key presses are shown in
Helvetica bold
. In order to perform certain tasks,
you need to press two or more keys; for example:
To switch off your SPARCbook, press
Pause-O.
In this case, you should press the
Pause
key down first, and then, while
holding the
Pause
key down, press the
O
key.
Buttons and field names are also shown in
Helvetica bold
. For example:
Click the
Transmit
button.
Type the name of the file that you want to send in the
File Name
field.
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