Linux-Architecture-Reference/LoPAR/sec_papr_binding_terms.xml

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  <title>Terms</title>

    <para>This standard uses technical terms as they are defined in the
    IEEE Std 1275-1994 Standard and other
    documents cited in &#8220;References&#8221;, plus the following
    terms:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">ARP</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
             <para>Address Resolution Protocol</para>
         </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">BOOTP</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Bootstrap Protocol</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">CHRP</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Common Hardware Reference Platform</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">core, core specification, core document</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Refers to IEEE Std 1275-1994 Standard for Boot (Initialization,
            Configuration) Firmware, Core Practices and Requirements</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">core errata</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Refers to Core Errata, IEEE P1275.7</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">CPU</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Central Processing Unit</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">ELF</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Executable and Linking Format. A binary object file format defined by
            <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569387_38836" /> that is used to represent client
            programs in OF for PA.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">FDISK</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Refers to the boot-record and partition table format used by
            MS-DOS, as defined in
            <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569387_22601" />.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">gateway</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Network connecting device</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">host</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>A computer. In particular a source or destination of messages
            from the point of view of the communication network.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">ICMP</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Internet Control Message Protocol</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">IETF</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Internet Engineering Task Force</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">IP</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Internet Protocol</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">IO</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Input/Output</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">LAN</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Local Area Network</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">NVRAM</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Non-volatile memory that is the repository for various
            platform, OF and OS information that remains persistent across reboots,
            power management activities and/or cycles.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">Open Firmware (OF)</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>The firmware architecture defined by
            <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569387_45524" /> and
            <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569387_14175" />, or, when used as an adjective,
            a software component compliant with the core specification and
            errata.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">PCU</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Power Configuration Utility; Refers to a platform program to
            assist a user to manage device power.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">PE</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Portable Executable. A binary object file format defined by
            <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569387_18190" />.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">PROM</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Programmable Read Only Memory</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">real-mode</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>The mode in which OF and its client are running with
            translation disabled; all addresses passed between the client and OF are
            real (i.e., hardware) addresses.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">RFC</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Internet Request For Comments; part of the technical process of
            establishing a standard.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">ROM</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Read Only Memory</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">suspend</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>A form of Power Management characterized by a fast recovery
            to full operation. Typically, system memory will not be powered off while
            in the suspend state.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">TFTP</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Trivial File Transfer Protocol</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">UDP</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>User Datagram Protocol</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">virtual-mode</emphasis></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>The mode in which OF and its client share a single
            virtual address space, and address translation is enabled; all addresses
            passed between the client and OF are virtual (translated) addresses.</para>
          </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

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