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xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:lang="en"
xml:id="dbdoclet.50655246_33489">
<title>Glossary</title>
<informaltable frame="none" rowsep='0' colsep='0'>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colname="c1" colwidth="20*" />
<colspec colname="c2" colwidth="80*" />
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ABI</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Application binary interface</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>AES</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Advanced Encryption Standard</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>API</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Application programming interface</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ASCII</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>American Standard Code for Information Interchange</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>BCD</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Binary-coded decimal</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>BE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Big-endian</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>COBOL</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Common Business Oriented Language</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>CR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Condition Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>CTR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Count Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>DFP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Decimal floating-point</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>DP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Double precision</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>DRN</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>The DFP Rounding Control field [DRN] of the 64-bit FPSCR
register.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>DSCR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Data Stream Control Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>DSO</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Dynamic shared object</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>DTV</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Dynamic thread vector</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>DWARF</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Debug with arbitrary record format</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>EA</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Effective address</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ELF</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Executable and Linking Format</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>EOS</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>End-of-string</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>FPR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Floating-Point Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>FPSCR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Floating-Point Status and Control Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>GCC</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>GNU Compiler Collection</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row revisionflag="deleted">
<entry>
<para>GEP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Global entry point</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>GOT</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Global offset table</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>GPR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>General Purpose Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>HTM</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Hardware trace monitor</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ID</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Identification</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>IEC</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>International Electrotechnical Commission</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>IEEE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>INF</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Infinity</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ISA</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Instruction Set Architecture</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ISO</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>International Organization for Standardization</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>KB</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Kilobyte</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>LE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Little-endian</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row revisionflag="deleted">
<entry>
<para>LEP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Local entry point</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>LR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Link Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>LSB</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Least-significant byte, least-significant bit</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>MB</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Megabyte</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>MSB</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Most-significant byte, most-significant bit</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>MSR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Machine State Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>N/A</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Not applicable</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>NaN</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Not-a-Number</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>NOP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>No operation. A single-cycle operation that does not
affect registers or generate bus activity.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>NOR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>In Boolean logic, the negation of a logical OR.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>OE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>The Floating-Point Overflow Exception Enable bit of the
FPSCR register.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>PIC</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Position-independent code</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>PIE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Position-independent executable</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>PIM</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Programming Interface Manual</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>PLT</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Procedure linkage table</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>PMR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Performance Monitor Registers</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>POSIX</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Portable Operating System Interface</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>PS</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Positive sign</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>RN</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>The Binary Floating-Point Rounding Control field of the
FPSCR register.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>RPG</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Report Program Generator</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>SHA</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Secure Hash Algorithm</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>SIMD</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Single instruction, multiple data</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>SP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Stack pointer</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>SPR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Special Purpose Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>SVID</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>System V Interface Definition</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>TCB</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Thread control block</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>TLS</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Thread local storage</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>TOC</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Table of contents</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>TP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Thread pointer</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>UE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>The Floating-Point Underflow Exception Enable bit of the
FPSCR register.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ULP</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Unit of least precision</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>VDSO</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Virtual dynamic shared object</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>VE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>The Floating-Point Invalid Operation Exception Enable bit
of the FPSCR register.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>VMX</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Vector multimedia extension</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>VSCR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Vector Status and Control Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>VSX</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Vector scalar extension</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>XE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>The Floating-Point Inexact Exception Enable bit of the
FPSCR register.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>XER</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Fixed-Point Exception Register</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>XNOR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Exclusive NOR</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>XOR</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Exclusive OR</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>ZE</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>The Floating-Point Zero Divide Exception Enable bit of
the FPSCR register.</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</appendix>