Glossary¶
- 6LoWPAN¶
IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks
- ACM¶
Abstract Control Model (USB)
- ADC¶
Analog to Digital Conversion
- AIC¶
Advanced Interrupt Controller (Atmel SAM)
- ARP¶
Address Resolution Protocol (networking)
- BCH¶
Block to Character
- BINFMT¶
Binary Format (Dynamic Loader)
- BLE¶
Bluetooth4 Low Energy
- BPP¶
Bits Per Pixel
- CAN¶
Controller Area Network
- CDC¶
Communication Device Class (USB)
- CP15¶
Coprocessor 15 (ARM)
- CPU¶
Central Processing Unit
- DEVIF¶
Device Interface (networking)
- DAC¶
Digital to Analog Conversion
- DCD¶
Device Controller Driver (USB)
- DCMI¶
Digital Camera Interface
- DEV¶
Device
- DHCP¶
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DHCPC¶
DHCP Client
- DHCPD¶
DHCP Daemon (server)
- DMA¶
Direct Memory Access (hardware)
- DMAC¶
DMA Controller (hardware)
- DNS¶
Domain Name Service (or System or Server) (networking)
- DRAM¶
Dynamic RAM
- EABI¶
Embedded-Application Binary Interface
- EEPROM¶
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- EMAC¶
Ethernet Media Access Controller (networking)
- EPROM¶
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- FAT¶
File Allocation Table (file systems)
- FB¶
Frame Buffer (video interface)
- FSMC¶
Flexible Static Memory Controller (STM32)
- FTL¶
FLASH Translation Layer (MTD)
- GPIO¶
General Purpose Input/Output
- GMAC¶
Gigabit Media Access Controller (networking)
- HCD¶
Host Controller Driver (USB)
- HSMCI¶
High Speed Memory Card Interface (Atmel)
I/O Input/Output
- IOCTL¶
Input/Output Control
- IoT¶
Internet of Things (marketing BS)
- IP¶
Internet Protocol (version 4?) (networking)
- IPv4¶
Internet Protocol Version 4 (networking)
- IPv6¶
Internet Protocol Version 6 (networking)
- IRQ¶
Interrupt Request (hardware)
- I2C¶
Inter-Integrated Circuit (serial interface)
- I2S¶
Inter IC Sound (serial interface)
- ICMP¶
Internet Control Message Protocol (networking)
- ICMPv6¶
Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6 (networking)
- IGMP¶
Internet Group Multicast Protocol (networking)
- IOB¶
I/O Buffer (networking)
- LAN¶
Local Area Network (networking)
- LCD¶
Liquid Crystal Display
- LIBC¶
The “C” Library
- LIBM¶
The “C” Math Library
- LP¶
Low Power
- MAC¶
Media Access Control (networking, OSI model)
- MCI¶
Memory Card Interface
- MCU¶
Microcontroller Unit
- MM¶
Memory Management/Manager
- MMAP¶
Memory Map
- MMC¶
Multi-Media Card
- MMCSD¶
See MMC and SD
- MMU¶
Memory Management Unit
- MPU¶
Memory Protection Unit
- MTD¶
Memory Technology Device
- NFS¶
Network File System
- NETDB¶
Network Data Base (networking)
- NETDEV¶
Network Device (networking)
- NSH¶
NuttShell
- NVM¶
Non-Volatile Memory
- NTP¶
Network Time Protocol (networking)
- NX¶
NuttX, the NuttX Graphics server (graphics)
- NXFFS¶
NuttX Flash File System
- NXWM¶
The NuttX Window Manager (graphics)
- PID¶
Process ID (operating systems)
- Peripheral¶
ID (Atmel SAM)
- PROM¶
Programmable Read-Only Memory
- OS¶
Operating System
- OTG¶
On-The-Go (USB)
- OTP¶
One-Time Programmable
- POR¶
Power-On Reset
- PWM¶
Pulse Width Modulation
- PKT¶
“Raw” Packet socket (networking)
- PRNG¶
Pseudo-Random Number Generator
- QSPI¶
Quad SPI
- RAM¶
Random Access Memory
- RNG¶
Random Number Generator
- ROM¶
Read-Only Memory
- RNDIS¶
Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (USB, networking)
- RTC¶
Real Time Clock
- RTCC¶
Real Time Clock/Calendar
- RTOS¶
Real Time Operating System
- SAIC¶
Secure Advanced Interrupt Controller (Atmel SAM)
- SCI¶
Serial Communications Interface
- SD¶
Secure Digital (flash memory)
- SDHC¶
Secure Digital High Capacity (flash memory),
- Secure¶
Digital Host Controller (hardware)
- SDIO¶
Secure Digital I/O
- SDRAM¶
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- SLCD¶
Segment Liquid Crystal Display
- SMC¶
Static Memory Controller (hardware)
- SPI¶
Serial Peripheral Interface
- SPRNG¶
Scalable Parallel Random Number Generator
- SRAM¶
Static RAM
- SYSLOG¶
System Log
- TCP¶
Transmission Control Protocol (networking)
- TRNG¶
True Random Number Generator
- TSC¶
Touchscreen Controller
- TUN¶
network TUNnel
- TWI¶
Two-Wire Interface (serial interface)
- UDP¶
User Datagram Protocol (networking)
- UART¶
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
- USB¶
Universal Serial Bus (serial interface)
- USART¶
Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
- VNC¶
Virtual Network Computing (graphics, remote desktop)
- WAN¶
Wide Area Network (networking)
- WLAN¶
Wireless Local Area Network (networking)
- WPAN¶
Wireless Personal Area Network (networking)
- WDT¶
Watchdog Timer (hardware)
- XIP¶
eXecute In Place
- XDMAC¶
Extended DMA Controller (Atmel)