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Conventions Used in This Book

The following typographic conventions appear in this book:

Italic: Is used for filenames and command names. It is also used to define terms the first time they appear.
Constant Width: Is used in examples and in regular text to show methods, modules, operators, functions, statements, and attributes.

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