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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>1997-06-04 13:04:36 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>1997-06-04 13:04:36 +0000
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final corrections before 4.1.0 documentation freeze.
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@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ the memory.
An acronym for First In First Out.
@item First In First Out
-A discipline for manipulating
-entries in a data structure.
+A discipline for manipulating entries in a data structure.
@item floating point coprocessor
A component used in
@@ -247,12 +246,10 @@ A data structure used to dynamically allocate
and deallocate variable sized blocks of memory.
@item heterogeneous
-A multiprocessor computer system
-composed of dissimilar processors.
+A multiprocessor computer system composed of dissimilar processors.
@item homogeneous
-A multiprocessor computer system
-composed of a single type of processor.
+A multiprocessor computer system composed of a single type of processor.
@item ID
An RTEMS assigned identification tag used to
@@ -350,9 +347,8 @@ and communicate between tasks by transporting messages between
sending and receiving tasks.
@item Message Queue Control Block
-A data structure
-associated with each message queue used by RTEMS to manage that
-message queue.
+A data structure associated with each message queue used by RTEMS
+to manage that message queue.
@item minor number
A numeric value passed to a device
@@ -382,8 +378,7 @@ of user-provided routines which enable the nodes in a
multiprocessor system to communicate with one another.
@item Multiprocessor Configuration Table
-The data
-structure defining the characteristics of the multiprocessor
+The data structure defining the characteristics of the multiprocessor
target system with which RTEMS will communicate.
@item multitasking