Notational Conventions

The following font and symbols conventions are used in this document:

Italic	Italic is used for emphasis and also indicates document names in body text, for example: see Intel IPP Developer Reference.
Monospace lowercase	Indicates filenames, directory names, and pathnames, for example: /tools/ia32/perfsys
Monospace lowercase mixed with UPPERCASE	Indicates commands and command-line options, for example: ps_ipps.exe -f FIRLMS_32f -r firlms.csv
UPPERCASE MONOSPACE	Indicates system variables, for example: $PATH.
monospace italic	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>.
[ items ]	Square brackets indicate that the items enclosed in brackets are optional.
{ item \| item }	Braces indicate that only one of the items listed between braces can be selected. A vertical bar ( \| ) separates the items.

The following notations are used to refer to Intel IPP directories:

<install_dir>

The installation directory for the larger product that includes Intel IPP.

<ipp directory>

The main directory where Intel IPP is installed:

<ipp directory>=<install_dir>/ipp.

Replace this placeholder with the specific pathname in the configuring, linking, and building instructions.