Datasheet

Glossary

Big-endian Memory organization in which the least significant byte of a word is at a higher address

than the most significant byte

Bit Binary Digit

Breakpoint A location in the image. If execution reaches this location, the debugger halts execution

of the image.

See also: Watchpoint.

Byte An 8-bit data item

C file A file containing C source code

Cache A block of high-speed memory locations whose addresses are changed automatically in

response to which memory locations the processor is accessing, and whose purpose is

to increase the average speed of a memory access

Class A C++ class involved in the image

CLI C Language Interface/Command-Line Interface

CodeWarrior IDE The development environment for the ARM Developer Suite

Command-line

Interface

You can operate any ARM debugger by issuing commands in response to command-line

prompts. This is the only way of operating armsd, but ADW, ADU and AXD all offer a

graphical user interface in addition. A command-line interface is particularly useful

when you need to run the same sequence of commands repeatedly. You can store the

commands in a file and submit that file to the command-line interface of the debugger.

Compilation The process of converting a high-level language (such as C or C++) into an object file

Coprocessor An additional processor used for certain operations. Usually used for floating-point

math calculations, signal processing, or memory management.

CPSR Current Program Status Register