Inside Macintosh: Networking With Open Transport /

Preface - About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Inside Macintosh uses special conventions to present certain types of information.

Special Fonts

All code listings, reserved words, and names of actual data structures, fields, constants, parameters, and routines are shown in Letter Gothic (this is Letter Gothic).

Words that appear in boldface are key terms or concepts and are defined in the glossary.

Types of Notes

There are several types of notes used in this book.

Note

A note like this contains information that is interesting but not essential to an understanding of the main text.

IMPORTANT

A note like this contains information that is essential for an understanding of the main text.

WARNING

Warnings like this indicate potential problems that you should be aware of as you design your application. Failure to heed these warnings could result in system crashes or loss of data.