ASCIC

    Sets the default type to counted ASCII string with a 1-byte count
    field that precedes the string and gives its length. AC is also
    accepted as a keyword.

 ASCID

    Sets the default type to ASCII string descriptor. The CLASS and
    DTYPE fields of the descriptor are not checked, but the LENGTH
    and POINTER fields provide the character length and address
    of the ASCII string. The string is then displayed. AD is also
    accepted as a keyword.

 ASCII:n

    Sets the default type to ASCII character string (length n bytes).
    The length indicates both the number of bytes of memory to be
    examined and the number of ASCII characters to be displayed. If
    you do not specify a value for n, the debugger uses the default
    value of 4 bytes. The value n is interpreted in decimal radix.

 ASCIW

    Sets the default type to counted ASCII string with a 2-byte count
    field that precedes the string and gives its length. This data
    type occurs in PASCAL and PL/I. AW is also accepted as a keyword.

 ASCIZ

    Sets the default type to zero-terminated ASCII string. The ending
    zero byte indicates the end of the string. AZ is also accepted as
    a keyword.

 BYTE

    Sets the default type to byte integer (length 1 byte).

 D_FLOAT

    Sets the default type to D_floating (length 8 bytes).

 DATE_TIME

    Sets the default type to date and time. This is a quadword
    integer (length 8 bytes) containing the internal representation
    of date and time. Values are displayed in the format dd-mmm-yyyy
    hh:mm:ss.cc. Specify an absolute date and time as follows:

    [dd-mmm-yyyy[:]] [hh:mm:ss.cc]

 EXTENDED_FLOAT

    (Alpha only) Sets the default type to IEEE X_floating (length 16
    bytes).

 G_FLOAT

    Sets the default type to G_floating (length 8 bytes).

 INSTRUCTION

    Sets the default type to instruction (variable length, depending
    on the number of instruction operands and the kind of addressing
    modes used).

 LONG_FLOAT

    (Alpha only) Sets the default type to IEEE S_Floating type
    (single precision, length 4 bytes).

 LONG_LONG_FLOAT

    (Alpha only) Sets the default type to IEEE T_Floating type
    (double precision, length 8 bytes).

 LONGWORD

    Sets the default type to longword integer (length 4 bytes). This
    is the default type for program locations that do not have a
    symbolic name (do not have a compiler-generated type).

 OCTAWORD

    Sets the default type to octaword integer (length 16 bytes).

 PACKED:n

    Sets the default type to packed decimal. The value of n is the
    number of decimal digits. Each digit occupies one nibble (4
    bits).

 QUADWORD

    Sets the default type to quadword integer (length 8 bytes).

 TYPE=expression

    Sets the default type to the type denoted by expression (the name
    of a variable or data type declared in the program). This enables
    you to specify an application-declared type.

 S_FLOAT

    (Alpha only) Sets the default type to IEEE S_Floating type
    (single precision, length 4 bytes).

 T_FLOAT

    On Alpha systems, sets the default type to IEEE T_Floating type
    (double precision, length 8 bytes).

 X_FLOAT

    On Alpha systems, sets the default type to IEEE X_floating type
    (length 16 bytes).

 WORD

    Sets the default type to word integer (length 2 bytes).