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diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst index 5a2e6db..fe6749c 100644 --- a/c-user/glossary.rst +++ b/c-user/glossary.rst @@ -61,13 +61,15 @@ Glossary To simultaneously send a message to a logical set of destinations. Board Support Package - BSP A collection of device initialization and control routines specific to a particular type of board or collection of boards. buffer A fixed length block of memory allocated from a partition. + BSP + An acronym for :term:`Board Support Package`. + C11 The standard ISO/IEC 9899:2011. @@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ Glossary of the executive should not be used directly by applications. CPU - An acronym for Central Processing Unit. + An acronym for :term:`Central Processing Unit`. critical section A section of code which must be executed indivisibly. @@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ Glossary An acronym for Input/Output. ISR - An acronym for Interrupt Service Routine. + An acronym for :term:`Interrupt Service Routine`. kernel In this document, this term is used as a synonym for executive. @@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ Glossary disable level used by the task. MPCI - An acronym for Multiprocessor Communications Interface Layer. + An acronym for :term:`Multiprocessor Communications Interface Layer`. multiprocessing The simultaneous execution of two or more processes by a multiple @@ -489,10 +491,10 @@ Glossary proxy. PTCB - An acronym for Partition Control Block. + An acronym for :term:`Partition Control Block`. PXCB - An acronym for Proxy Control Block. + An acronym for :term:`Proxy Control Block`. quantum The application defined unit of time in which the processor is allocated. @@ -501,7 +503,7 @@ Glossary Alternate term for message queue. QCB - An acronym for Message Queue Control Block. + An acronym for :term:`Message Queue Control Block`. ready task A task occupies this state when it is available to be given control of a @@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ Glossary the directive. RNCB - An acronym for Region Control Block. + An acronym for :term:`Region Control Block`. round-robin A task scheduling discipline in which tasks of equal priority are @@ -619,7 +621,7 @@ Glossary pending signals and the signals sent to a task. SMCB - An acronym for Semaphore Control Block. + An acronym for :term:`Semaphore Control Block`. SMP An acronym for Symmetric Multiprocessing. @@ -670,7 +672,6 @@ Glossary An acronym for Test-And-Set. task - thread A logically complete thread of execution. It consists normally of a set of registers and a stack. The scheduler assigns processors to a subset of the ready tasks. The terms task and thread are synonym in RTEMS. The @@ -694,7 +695,10 @@ Glossary processor from one task and given to another. TCB - An acronym for Task Control Block. + An acronym for :term:`Task Control Block`. + + thread + This term has the same meaning as :term:`task`. thread dispatch The thread dispatch transfers control of the processor from the currently @@ -735,7 +739,7 @@ Glossary on the CPU port :cite:`RTEMS:CPU`. TMCB - An acronym for Timer Control Block. + An acronym for :term:`Timer Control Block`. transient overload A temporary rise in system activity which may cause deadlines to be @@ -757,10 +761,12 @@ Glossary the user initialization tasks. user-provided - user-supplied These terms are used to designate any software routines which must be written by the application designer. + user-supplied + This term has the same meaning as :term:`user-provided`. + vector Memory pointers used by the processor to fetch the address of routines which will handle various exceptions and interrupts. |