Conventions
Symbol Conventions
Symbol |
Description |
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Indicates a hazard with a high level of risk which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. |
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Indicates a hazard with a medium level of risk which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury. |
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Indicates a hazard with a low level of risk which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury. |
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Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in equipment damage, data loss, performance deterioration, or unanticipated results. NOTICE is used to address practices not related to personal injury. |
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Supplements the important information in the main text. NOTE is used to address information not related to personal injury, equipment damage, and environment deterioration. |
General Conventions
Convention |
Description |
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Times New Roman |
Normal paragraphs are in Times New Roman. |
Boldface |
Names of files, directories, folders, and users are in boldface. For example, log in as user root. |
Italic |
Book titles are in italics. |
Courier New |
Examples of information displayed on the screen are in Courier New. |
Command Conventions
Format |
Description |
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Boldface |
The keywords of a command line are in boldface. |
Italic |
Command arguments are in italics. |