DEC Digital Alpha VME 4/224 User Manual page 24

Caution
Cautions indicate potential damage to equipment or loss of data.
Data Field Size
The term INTnn, where nn is one of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64, refers to a data field
of nn contiguous NATURALLY ALIGNED bytes. For example, INT4 refers to a
NATURALLY ALIGNED longword.
Data Units
The following data unit terminology is used throughout this manual.
Term
Byte
Word
Longword/Dword
Quadword
Octaword
Hexword
Examples
The prompts, input, and output in examples are shown in a monospaced font.
Interactive input is differentiated from prompts and system output with bold
type. For example:
>>> echo This is a test.
This is a test.
Ellipsis points indicate that a portion of an example is omitted.
Keyboard Keys
The following keyboard key conventions are used throughout this manual.
Convention
Control key sequences are represented as Ctrl/x. Press
while you simultaneously press the x key.
Ctrl
In plain text, key names match the name on the actual
key.
In tables, key names match the name of the actual key
and appear in a box.
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Words Bytes Bits
1/2 1 8
1 2 16
2 4 32
4 8 64
8 16 128
16 32 256
Other
—
—
Longword
2 Longwords
2 Quadwords
2 Octawords
Example
Ctrl/C
Return key
Return