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Conventions and Acronyms
Conventions and
Acronyms
Document
Conventions
Abbreviations
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Verix eVo Volume II: Operating System and Communication Programmers
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Verix eVo Volume III: Operating System Programming Tools Reference
Manual, VPN DOC00303
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Verix Package Installer (VPI) User Guide, VPN DOC00385
This section describes the conventions and acronyms used in this guide.
Various conventions are used to help you quickly identify special formatting.
1
describes these conventions and provides examples of their use.
Table 1
Document Conventions
Convention
Blue
Italics
Courier
NOTE
CAUTION
WARNING
Table 2
shows the abbreviations used throughout this guide.
Table 2
Abbreviations
Unit of Measure
KB
MB
msec
B
P
G
EST
RACTICES
UIDE
Meaning
Text in blue indicates terms
that are cross referenced.
Italic typeface indicates
book titles or emphasis.
The courier type face is
used while specifying
onscreen text, such as text
that you would enter at a
command prompt, or to
provide an URL.
The pencil icon is used to
highlight important
information.
The caution symbol
indicates possible hardware
or software failure, or loss
of data.
The lightning symbol is
used as a warning when
bodily injury might occur.
Definition
Kilobyte
Megabyte
millisecond
Example
See
Conventions and
Acronyms.
You must install a roll of thermal-
sensitive paper in the printer.
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RS-232-type devices do not work
with the PINpad port.
The terminal is not waterproof or
dustproof, and is intended for indoor
use only.
Due to risk of shock do not use the
terminal near water.
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