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Document conventions
This document uses the following typographic conventions:
Convention
Description
Bold
Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including
menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels. Example: Click OK.
Italic
Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by
the user or system. Example: copy source-file target-file
Note: Angled brackets (< >) are also used to indicate variables.
Monospace
Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user.
Example: # pairdisplay -g oradb
< > angled
brackets
Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by
the user or system. Example: # pairdisplay -g
Note: Italic font is also used to indicate variables.
[ ] square
brackets
Indicates optional values. Example: [ a | b ] indicates that you can
choose a, b, or nothing.
{ } braces
Indicates required or expected values. Example: { a | b } indicates
that you must choose either a or b.
| vertical bar
Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or
arguments. Examples: [ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a, b, or
nothing. { a | b } indicates that you must choose either a or b.
underline
Indicates the default value.
Example:
[ a | b ]
Conventions for storage capacity values
Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity) are
calculated based on the following values:
Physical capacity unit
Value
1 kilobyte (KB)
1,000 (10
3
) bytes
1 megabyte (MB)
1,000 KB or 1,000
2
bytes
1 gigabyte (GB)
1,000 MB or 1,000
3
bytes
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