Conventions Used In This Manual; Terminology - Motorola MVME5100 Programmer's Reference Manual

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Conventions Used in This Manual

The following typographical conventions are used in this document:
bold
italic
courier
<Enter>, <Return> or <CR>
CTRL

Terminology

A character precedes a data or address parameter to specify the numeric
format, as follows (if not specified, the format is hexadecimal):
xxvi
is used for user input that you type just as it appears; it is also used for
commands, options and arguments to commands, and names of
programs, directories and files.
is used for names of variables to which you assign values. Italic is also
used for comments in screen displays and examples, and to introduce
new terms.
is used for system output (for example, screen displays, reports),
examples, and system prompts.
<CR> represents the carriage return or Enter key.
represents the Control key. Execute control characters by pressing the
Ctrl key and the letter simultaneously, for example, Ctrl-d.
0x Specifies a hexadecimal number