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diff --git a/eng/glossary.rst b/eng/glossary.rst index e4adbef..a015eda 100644 --- a/eng/glossary.rst +++ b/eng/glossary.rst @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 -.. Copyright (C) 2017, 2019 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de) +.. Copyright (C) 2022, 2023 Trinity College Dublin +.. Copyright (C) 2017, 2019 embedded brains GmbH & Co. KG .. Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR) Glossary @@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ Glossary This term is an acronym for `Executable and Linkable Format <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format>`_. + formal model + A model of a computing component (hardware or software) that has a + mathematically based :term:`semantics`. + GCC This term is an acronym for `GNU Compiler Collection <https://gcc.gnu.org/>`_. @@ -63,6 +68,20 @@ Glossary ISVV This term is an acronym for Independent Software Verification and Validation. + Linear Temporal Logic + This is a logic that states properties about (possibly infinite) sequences of + states. + + LTL + This term is an acronym for :term:`Linear Temporal Logic`. + + refinement + A *refinement* is a relationship between a specification and its + implementation as code. + + reification + Another term used to denote :term:`refinement`. + ReqIF This term is an acronym for `Requirements Interchange Format <https://www.omg.org/spec/ReqIF/About-ReqIF/>`_. @@ -70,6 +89,17 @@ Glossary RTEMS This term is an acronym for Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems. + scenario + In the context of formal verification, in a setting that involves many + concurrent tasks that interleave in arbitrary ways, a scenario describes a + single specific possible interleaving. One interpretation of the behaviour + of a concurrent system is the set of all its scenarios. + + semantics + This term refers to the meaning of text or utterances in some language. In a + software engineering context these will be programming, modelling or + specification languages. + software component This term is defined by ECSS-E-ST-40C 3.2.28 as a "part of a software system". For this project a *software component* shall be any of the @@ -122,6 +152,9 @@ Glossary software as it is originally written (i.e., typed into a computer) by a human in plain text (i.e., human readable alphanumeric characters)." + target + The system on which the application will ultimately execute. + task This project uses the `thread definition of Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_(computing)>`_: |