Environment-Specific Information

This book supports users of various operating environments. Where it provides information that does not apply to all supported environments, the following symbols are used to identify that information:

Symbol
Environment

Windows. The Windows symbol identifies information specific to all Microsoft Windows environments.

Windows 32-bit. The Windows symbol and the characters 32-bit identifies information specific to the Microsoft Windows 32-bit environment.

Windows 64-bit. The Windows symbol and the characters 64-bit identifies information specific to the Microsoft Windows 64-bit environment.

UNIX and Linux. Information specific to Linux and UNIX environments is identified by this symbol, which applies to all Linux and UNIX environments supported. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.

z/OS. Information specific to z/OS environments is identified by the characters z/OS.