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| author | Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de> | 2021-01-15 14:08:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de> | 2021-02-10 16:53:37 +0100 |
| commit | a1c5d680b982c486d6aa8956ae4880e4e5aca5af (patch) | |
| tree | 07df49aaecb78e9cbc7603a9d560e04d9292bae3 /c-user/glossary.rst | |
| parent | c-user: Add labels to the manager chapters (diff) | |
| download | rtems-docs-a1c5d680b982c486d6aa8956ae4880e4e5aca5af.tar.bz2 | |
c-user: Add control block acronyms
Update #3993.
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diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst index c3907f5..65e1fd7 100644 --- a/c-user/glossary.rst +++ b/c-user/glossary.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 .. Copyright (C) 2020 Richi Dubey (richidubey@gmail.com) -.. Copyright (C) 2017, 2019 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de) +.. Copyright (C) 2017, 2021 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de) .. Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR) Glossary @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ Glossary A term used to describe a task that has been unblocked and may be scheduled to the CPU. + BCB + This term is an acronym for Barrier Control Block. + big endian A data representation scheme in which the bytes composing a numeric value are arranged such that the most significant byte is at the lowest @@ -190,6 +193,9 @@ Glossary The state entered by a task after it is created and before it has been started. + DPCB + This term is an acronym for Dual-Ported Memory Control Block. + dual-ported A term used to describe memory which can be accessed at two different addresses. @@ -219,6 +225,9 @@ Glossary error code This term has the same meaning as :term:`status code`. + ESCB + This term is an acronym for Extension Set Control Block. + events A method for task communication and synchronization. The directives provided by the event manager are used to service events. @@ -492,6 +501,9 @@ Glossary A data structure associated with each partition used by RTEMS to manage that partition. + PCB + This term is an acronym for Period Control Block. + pending A term used to describe a task blocked waiting for an event, message, semaphore, or signal. |