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rangeo f valuesassociated with a bit or signal name—for example,
DIG+0.<3..0>.
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product, a specificoperating system, or a specific software version.
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avoidinjury, data loss, or a system crash.
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avoidbeing electrically shocked.
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toa key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
orvalue that you must supply.
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programs,subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables,filenames and extensions, and code excerpts.
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