Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "In Linux, tmpfs is a temporary filesystem, which uses the RAM rather than the disk storage." Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ phoronix-test-suite benchmark pts/memory
Phoronix Test Suite v6.8.0
Installed: pts/ramspeed-1.4.0
To Install: pts/stream-1.3.1
To Install: pts/cachebench-1.0.0

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Select the product pack Fusion Middleware and the Linux x86-64 platform. Click on the Go button."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.