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Text Conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

Acronyms

This guide uses the following acronyms:

bold text

Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.

Example: Enter

show ip {alerts

|

routes}.

Example: Use the

dinfo

command.

italic text

Indicates file and directory names, new terms, book
titles, and variables in command syntax descriptions.
Where a variable is two or more words, the words are
connected by an underscore.

Example: If the command syntax is:

show at <

valid_route>

valid_route

is one variable and you substitute one value

for it.

screen text

Indicates system output, for example, prompts and
system messages.

Example:

Set Trap Monitor Filters

[Enter]

Named keys in text are enclosed in square brackets.
The notation [Enter] is used for the Enter key and the
Return key.

[Ctrl]-C

Two or more keys that must be pressed simultaneously
are shown in text linked with a hyphen (-) sign.

AUI

attachment unit interface

BootP

Bootstrap Protocol

CSMA/CD

carrier sense multiple access/collision detection

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