Glossary
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Glossary
D
.data:
One of the default COFF sections. The .data section is an initialized
section that contains initialized data. You can use the .data directive to
assemble code into the .data section.
directives:
Special-purpose commands that control the actions and
functions of a software tool (as opposed to assembly language instruc-
tions, which control the actions of a device).
E
emulator:
A hardware development system that emulates TMS320C54x
operation.
entry point:
The starting execution point in target memory.
executable module:
An object file that has been linked and can be
executed in a TMS320C54x system.
expression:
A constant, a symbol, or a series of constants and symbols
separated by arithmetic operators.
external symbol:
A symbol that is used in the current program module but
is defined in a different program module.
F
field:
For the TMS320C54x, a software-configurable data type whose length
can be programmed to be any value in the range of 1–16 bits.
file header:
A portion of a COFF object file that contains general information
about the object file (such as the number of section headers, the type of
system the object file can be downloaded to, the number of symbols in
the symbol table, and the symbol table’s starting address).
G
global:
A kind of symbol that is either 1) defined in the current module and
accessed in another, or 2) accessed in the current module but defined
in another.
GROUP:
An option of the SECTIONS directive that forces specified output
sections to be allocated contiguously (as a group).
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