Notational Conventions

Italic is used for emphasis and also indicates document names in body text, for example:

see Intel IPP Developer Reference.

Indicates filenames, directory names, and pathnames.

Indicates commands and command-line options, for example:

Indicates system variables, for example: $PATH.

Indicates a parameter in discussions, such as routine parameters, for example: pSrc; makefile parameters, for example: function_list.

When enclosed in angle brackets, indicates a placeholder for an identifier, an expression, a string, a symbol, or a value, for example: <ipp directory>.

Square brackets indicate that the items enclosed in brackets are optional.

Braces indicate that only one of the items listed between braces can be selected. A vertical bar ( | ) separates the items.