Compaq AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual page 17

Conventions
The following table lists the typographical conventions used in this guide.
Convention
Ctrl/x
Warning:
Caution:
Note:
boot
show config
[ ]
{ }
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italic type
1
Meaning
You hold down the Ctrl key while you press
another key, indicated here by x.
Contains information to prevent personal injury.
Provides information to prevent damage to
equipment or software.
Important additional information you may need
when you perform certain procedures.
Commands you enter are shown in this special
typeface. Commands in lowercase letters can be
entered in either uppercase or lowercase.
Commands in uppercase letters must be entered in
uppercase.
Console command abbreviations must be entered
exactly as shown.
In command descriptions, brackets indicate
optional elements.
In command descriptions, braces containing items
separated by commas indicate mutually exclusive
items.
In console mode on-line help, angle brackets
enclose a placeholder for which you must specify
a value.
Italic type in console command sections indicates
a variable.
In figures, a numbered callout labels a part of a
figure. In text, the numbered callout refers to a
labeled part of a corresponding figure.
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