Conventions and Abbreviations

Conventions

The following symbols and text conventions are used in this guide:

Convention

Comment

info

An important note or instruction.

warning

A warning about possible errors or important notes that require special attention.

Anti-virus network

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

<IP-address>

Placeholders.

Save

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

ctrl

Names of keyboard keys.

C:\Windows\

Names of files and folders, code examples.

Cross-references to document chapters or internal hyperlinks to webpages.

Abbreviations

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

DNS—Domain Name System,

GUI—Graphical User Interface, a GUI version of a program—a version using a GUI,

NAP—Network Access Protection,

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

OS—operating system.