add a Numerical Conventions section

From David Black.

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   client access to a set of file systems and is identified by a server
   owner.
 
+## Numerical Conventions {#ssc:intro:conv}
+
+Numerical values defined in the SCSI specifications, e.g., {{SPC5}}, and the
+NVMe specifications, e.g., {{NVME-BASE}}, are represented using the same
+conventions as those specifications wherein a 'b' suffix denotes a binary
+(base 2) number, e.g., 110b = 6 decimal, and an 'h' suffix denotes a
+hexadecimal (base 16) number, e.g., 1ch = 28 decimal.
+
 
 # SCSI Layout mapping to NVMe {#sec:slm}