Text Conventions; Acronyms - Nortel BayStack 450 Using Manual

Text Conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:
bold text
italic text
screen text
[Enter]
[Ctrl]-C

Acronyms

This guide uses the following acronyms:
AUI
BootP
CSMA/CD
302401-D Rev 00
Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Enter
show ip {alerts
Example: Use the
dinfo
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.
Indicates system output, for example, prompts and
system messages.
Example:
Set Trap Monitor Filters
Named keys in text are enclosed in square brackets.
The notation [Enter] is used for the Enter key and the
Return key.
Two or more keys that must be pressed simultaneously
are shown in text linked with a hyphen (-) sign.
attachment unit interface
Bootstrap Protocol
carrier sense multiple access/collision detection
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routes}.
command.
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