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)