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Reference Materials and Glossary
Handle An identifier assigned by AMX or KwikNet for use by your
application to reference a private AMX or KwikNet data item.
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol: a component of the IP protocol
which handles error and control messages.
Interrupt Handler An application procedure called from an ISR or ISP root to service
an interrupting device.
Interrupt Service Procedure (ISP)
A procedure (in an AMX application) which is executed in
response to an external device interrupt request.
Interrupt Service Routine (ISR)
The procedure in any application which is executed in response to
an external device interrupt request. In an AMX application, such
a procedure is called an ISP.
IP Internet Protocol: the protocol that defines the delivery of IP
datagrams across an internet in a connectionless, best effort
fashion.
IP address A 32-bit number (address) used to identify the interconnection of a
host computer to a physical network. IP addresses are easily
recognized when expressed using dotted decimal notation in which
IP address 0x7F000005 is written as "127.0.0.5".
ISP See Interrupt Service Procedure
ISP root The ISP code fragment (produced by the AMX Configuration
Generator) which informs AMX that an interrupt has occurred and
calls an application Interrupt Handler.
ISR See Interrupt Service Routine
KwikNet Task The private KwikNet procedure which is responsible for all timing
control and event sequencing in a
KwikNet application.
Library Header File
A C header file produced during the KwikNet Library construction
process and used to compile all KwikNet source modules.