HP-MPI User's Guide (11th Edition)

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Notational conventions
This section describes notational conventions used in this book.
NOTE A note highlights important supplemental information.
CAUTION A caution highlights procedures or information necessary to avoid
damage to equipment, damage to software, loss of data, or invalid test
results.
Table 3 Typographic conventions
bold monospace In command examples, bold monospace identifies
input that must be typed exactly as shown.
monospace In paragraph text, monospace identifies command
names, system calls, and data structures and
types. In command examples, monospace
identifies command output, including error
messages.
italic In paragraph text, italic identifies titles of
documents. In command syntax diagrams, italic
identifies variables that you must provide. The
following command example uses brackets to
indicate that the variable output_file is
optional:
command input_file [output_file]
Brackets ( [ ] ) In command examples, square brackets designate
optional entries.
KeyCap In paragraph text, KeyCap indicates the keyboard
keys or the user-selectable buttons on the
Graphical User Interface (GUI) that you must
press to execute a command.