Notational conventions – Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32 User Manual

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Notational Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions:

This type style

Indicates an element of syntax, a reserved
word, a keyword, a filename, instruction,
computer output, or part of a program
example. The text appears in lowercase
unless uppercase is significant.

THIS TYPE STYLE

Indicates a value, for example,

TRUE

,

CONST1

,

or a variable, for example,

A

,

B

, or register

names

MMO

through

MM7

.

l

indicates lowercase letter L in examples.

1

is the number 1 in examples.

O

is the

uppercase O in examples.

0

is the number 0 in

examples.

This type style

Indicates a placeholder for an identifier, an
expression, a string, a symbol, or a value.
Substitute one of these items for the
placeholder.

...

(ellipses)

Indicate that a few lines of the code are
omitted.

This type style

Indicates a hypertext link.

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