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Conventions

TimesTen supports multiple platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the information in this guide applies to all supported platforms. The term Windows applies to all supported Windows platforms. The term UNIX applies to all supported UNIX platforms. The term Linux is used separately. Refer to "Platforms and Compilers" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Release Notes (README.html) in your installation directory for specific platform versions supported by TimesTen.

Note:

In TimesTen documentation, the terms "data store" and "database" are equivalent. Both terms refer to the TimesTen database.

This document uses the following text conventions:

Convention	Meaning
italic	Italic type indicates terms defined in text, book titles, or emphasis.
`monospace`	Monospace type indicates code, commands, URLs, function names, attribute names, directory names, file names, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.
`italic monospace`	Italic monospace type indicates a placeholder or a variable in a code example for which you specify or use a particular value. For example: `LIBS = -Ltimesten_home/install/lib -ltten` Replace `timesten_home` with the path to the TimesTen instance home directory.
[ ]	Square brackets indicate that an item in a command line is optional.
{ }	Curly braces indicated that you must choose one of the items separated by a vertical bar ( \| ) in a command line.
\|	A vertical bar (or pipe) separates alternative arguments.
. . .	An ellipsis (. . .) after an argument indicates that you may use more than one argument on a single command line. An ellipsis in a code example indicates that what is shown is only a partial example.
% or $	The percent sign or dollar sign indicates the UNIX shell prompt, depending on the shell that is used.
#	The number (or pound) sign indicates the UNIX root prompt.

In addition, TimesTen documentation uses the following special conventions.

Convention	Meaning
`installation_dir`	The path that represents the directory where TimesTen is installed.
`timesten_home`	The path that represents the home directory of a TimesTen instance.
`release` or `rr`	The first two parts in a release number, with or without the dot. The first two parts of a release number represent a major TimesTen release. For example, 221 or 22.1 represents TimesTen Release 22.1.
`DSN`	TimesTen data source name (for the TimesTen database).

Note:

TimesTen release numbers are reflected in items such as TimesTen utility output, file names, and directory names. These details are subject to change with every minor or patch release, and the documentation cannot always be up to date. The documentation seeks primarily to show the basic form of output, file names, directory names, and other code that may include release numbers. The documentation may not be up to date. You can confirm the current release number by looking at the Release Notes or running the ttVersion utility.