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MPLAB
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IDE User’s Guide
DS51159B-page 170
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2001 Microchip Technology Inc.
Assembly
A programming language that is once removed from machine language.
Machine languages consist entirely of numbers and are almost impossible for
humans to read and write. Assembly languages have the same structure and
set of commands as machine languages, but they enable a programmer to
use names (mnemonics) instead of numbers.
Assigned Section
A section which has been assigned to a target memory block in the linker
command file. The linker allocates an assigned section into its specified target
memory block.
Break Point – Hardware
An event whose execution will cause a halt. See event.
Break Point – Software
An address where execution of the firmware will halt.
Build
A function that recompiles all the source files for an application.
C
A high level programming language that may be used to generate code for
PICmicro MCUs, especially high-end device families.
Calibration Memory
A special function register or registers used to hold values for calibration of a
PICmicro microcontroller on-board RC oscillator.
COFF
Common Object File Format. An intermediate file format generated by
MPLINK linker that contains machine code and debugging information.
Command Line Interface
Command line interface refers to executing a program on the DOS command
line with options. Executing MPASM with any command line options or just the
file name will invoke the assembler. In the absence of any command line
options, a prompted input interface (shell) will be executed.
Compile
What a compiler does. See compiler.
Compiler
A language tool that translates a user’s C source code into machine code.
MPLAB C17 and MPLAB C18 are Microchip’s C compilers for PIC17CXXX
and PIC18CXXX devices, respectively.