Glossary
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Glossary
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macro:
A user-defined routine that can be used as an instruction.
macro call:
The process of invoking a macro.
macro definition:
A block of source statements that define the name and
the code that make up a macro.
macro expansion:
The source statements that are substituted for the
macro call and are subsequently assembled.
macro library:
An archive library composed of macros. Each file in the
library must contain one macro; its name must be the same as the macro
name it defines, and it must have an extension of .asm.
magic number:
A COFF file header entry that identifies an object file as a
module that can be executed by the TMS320C54x.
map file:
An output file, created by the linker, that shows the memory
configuration, section composition, and section allocation, as well as
symbols and the addresses at which they were defined.
member:
The elements or variables of a structure, union, archive, or enu-
meration.
memory map:
A map of target system memory space, which is partitioned
into functional blocks.
mnemonic:
An instruction name that the assembler translates into machine
code.
model statement:
Instructions or assembler directives in a macro definition
that are assembled each time a macro is invoked.
N
named section:
An initialized section that is defined with a .sect directive.
O
object file:
A file that has been assembled or linked and contains machine-
language object code.
object format converter:
A program that converts COFF object files into
Intel format or Tektronix format object files.
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