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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.
ital ic 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 a t <
valid_route
>
valid_route
is one variable and you substitute one value
for it.
screen text Indicates system output, for example, prompts and
system mess ages.
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 k ey.
[Ctr l] -C Two or more k eys t hat must be pr essed si mul taneously
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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