Datasheet

Glossary

DSP Digital Signal Processor

DWARF Debug With Arbitrary Record Format

Dynamic Linked

Library

A collection of programs, any of which can be called when needed by an executing

program. A small program that helps a larger program communicate with a device such

as a printer or keyboard is often packaged as a DLL.

ELF Executable and Linking Format

EmbeddedICE The additional hardware provided by debuggable ARM processors to aid debugging

Exception Handles an event. For example, an exception could handle an external interrupt or an

undefined instruction.

FIQ Fast Interrupt

Flash memory Nonvolatile memory that is often used to hold application code

Floating-point Convention used to represent real (as opposed to integer) numeric values. Several such

conventions exist, trading storage space required against numerical precision.

FP See Floating Point.

FPA Floating-Point Accelerator

FPE Floating-Point Emulator

FPU Floating-Point Unit

GCC The Gnu C Compiler

Global variables Variables with global scope within the image

GUI Graphical User Interface

Heap The portion of computer memory that can be used for creating new variables

Host A computer which provides data and other services to another computer

ICE In-Circuit Emulator

IDE See Integrated Development Environment.

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (USA)

IHF Intellec Hex Format .This option is deprecated and will not be supported in future

releases of the toolkit

Image An execution file which has been loaded onto a processor for execution