Conventions Used In This Manual; Terminology - Motorola MVME5100 Manual

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):
An asterisk (*) following a signal name for signals that are level significant denotes that the
signal is true or valid when the signal is low.
An asterisk (*) following a signal name for signals that are edge significant denotes that the
actions initiated by that signal occur on high to low transition.
In this manual, assertion and negation are used to specify forcing a signal to a particular state.
In particular, assertion and assert refer to a signal that is active or true; negation and negate
indicate a signal that is inactive or false. These terms are used independently of the voltage
level (high or low) that they represent. Data and address sizes are defined as follows:
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
% Specifies a binary number
& Specifies a decimal number
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