1.3. Conventions and Abbreviations

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Conventions

The Manual contains the following conventions:

Symbol

Comment

info

Important note or instruction.

warning

Warning about possible errors or important notes to which you should pay special attention.

Anti-virus network

A new term or an accent on a term in descriptions.

<IP-address>

Placeholders.

Save

Names of buttons, windows, menu items and other program interface elements.

ctrl

Keyboard keys names.

C:\Windows\

Names of files and folders, code examples.

Appendix А

Cross-references on the document chapters or internal hyperlinks to web pages.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations will be used in the Manual without further interpretation:

•DNS—Domain Name System,

•Dr.Web GUS—Dr.Web Global Update System,

•FQDN—Fully Qualified Domain Name,

•FTP—File Transfer Protocol,

•HTML—HyperText Markup Language,

•HTTP—HyperText Transfer Prоtocоl,

•HTTPS—Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure,

•ICAP—Internet Content Adaptation Protocol,

•IP—Internet Protocol,

•LAN—Local Area Network,

•MIME—Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions,

•OS—operating system,

•PC—personal computer,

•SSL—Secure Socket Layers,

•TCP—Transmission Control Protocol,

•TLS—Transport Layer Security,

•URL—Uniform Resource Locator.