Using This Guide - Motorola PPC/CPCI-690 Reference Manual

Using This Guide

Conventions
PPC/CPCI-690
This Reference Guide is intended for users qualified in electronics or electri-
cal engineering. Users must have a working understanding of Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI), Compact Peripheral Component Intercon-
nect (CPCI), and telecommunications.
Notation Description
57 All numbers are decimal numbers except when used with the nota-
tions described below
00000000 Typical notation for hexadecimal numbers (digits are 0 through F),
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e.g. used for addresses and offsets
0000 Same for binary numbers (digits are 0 and 1)
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x Generic use of a letter
n Generic use of numbers
n.nn Decimal point indicator is signalled
Bold Character format used to emphasize a word
Character format used for on-screen output
Courier
Character format used to characterize user input
Courier+Bold
Italics
Character format for references, table, and figure descriptions
<text> Typical notation used for variables and keys
[text] Typical notation for buttons and optional parameter in PowerBoot
... Repeated item
. Omission of information from example/command that is not neces-
. sary at the time being
.
.. Ranges
: Extents
| Logical OR
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