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diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst index c482f08..9c4df99 100644 --- a/c-user/glossary.rst +++ b/c-user/glossary.rst @@ -639,10 +639,15 @@ Glossary :dfn:`target` The system on which the application will ultimately execute. +.. _task: + :dfn:`task` A logically complete thread of execution. It consists normally of a set of - registers and a stack. The terms :dfn:`task` and :dfn:`thread` are synonym - in RTEMS. The scheduler assigns processors to a subset of the ready tasks. + registers and a stack. The scheduler assigns processors to a subset of the + ready tasks. The terms :dfn:`task` and :dfn:`thread` are synonym in RTEMS. + The term :dfn:`task` is used throughout the Classic API, however, + internally in the operating system implementation and the POSIX API the + term :dfn:`thread` is used. :dfn:`Task Control Block` A data structure associated with each task used by RTEMS to manage that @@ -662,6 +667,9 @@ Glossary :dfn:`TCB` An acronym for Task Control Block. +:dfn:`thread` + See :ref:`task <task>`. + :dfn:`thread dispatch` The :dfn:`thread dispatch` transfers control of the processor from the currently executing thread to the heir thread of the processor. |