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Glossary
Introduction
To provide a common frame of reference, this glossary defines the terms for
several Microchip tools.
Highlights
This glossary contains terms and definitions for the following tools:
• MPLAB IDE, MPLAB SIM, MPLAB Editor
• MPASM Assembler, MPLINK Linker, MPLIB Librarian
• MPLAB CXX
• MPLAB ICE, PICMASTER Emulators
• MPLAB ICD
• PICSTART Plus, PRO MATE programmer
Terms
Absolute Section
A section with a fixed (absolute) address which can not be changed by the
linker.
Access RAM (PIC18CXXX Devices Only)
Special general purpose registers on PIC18CXXX devices that allow access
regardless of the setting of the bank select bit (BSR).
Alpha Character
Alpha characters are those characters, regardless of case, that are letters of
the alphabet: (a, b, …, z, A, B, …, Z).
Alphanumeric
Alphanumeric characters include alpha characters and numbers: (0,1, …, 9).
Application
A set of software and hardware developed by the user, usually designed to be
a product controlled by a PICmicro microcontroller.
Assemble
What an assembler does. See assembler.
Assembler
A language tool that translates a user’s assembly source code (
.asm
) into
machine code. MPASM is Microchip’s assembler.