Text Conventions; Acronyms; Table 1 Interface Harmonized Standards - Nortel BCM1000 Installation And Maintenance Manual

Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:
bold Courier text
italic text
bold text
angle brackets (< >)

Acronyms

These are the acronyms used in this document.
ANSI
ASM
AWG
BIOS
BPS
BRI
CAP
CIR
CLID
CSMA/CD
CSU
CTM
DECT
DIMM
DLCI
Indicates command names and options and text that you need to enter in
a command-line interface.
Example: Use the
Example: Enter
Indicates file and directory names, new terms, book titles, Web
addresses, and variables in command syntax descriptions.
Indicates command names, screen titles, options and text for a graphical
user interface (GUI).
Indicates a keyboard key press or simultaneous key presses, i.e.
<ENTER> or <CTRL j>
or when part of a command string, indicates that a variable is to be
entered.
Example: <IP address>, where the information to be entered at that
point is the specific information for the required field, in this case, a
specific IP address.
American National Standards Institute
Analog station module
American wire gauge
Basic input output system
Bits per second
Basic rate interface module
Central answering position
Committed information rate
Calling line identification
Carrier sense multiple access/collision detect
Channel service unit
Calling line trunk module
Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications
Dual in-line memory module
Data link connection indentifier
command.
dinfo
show ip {alerts|routes}.
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