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.. _glossary:
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Glossary of Terms
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.. glossary::
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:sorted:
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API
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(Application Program Interface) A defined set of routines and protocols for
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building application software.
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application
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The set of user-supplied files that the Zephyr build system uses
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to build an application image for a specified board configuration.
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It can contain application-specific code, kernel configuration settings,
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and at least one Makefile.
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The application's kernel configuration settings direct the build system
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to create a custom kernel that makes efficient use of the board's
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resources.
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An application can sometimes be built for more than one type of board
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configuration (including boards with different CPU architectures),
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if it does not require any board-specific capabilities.
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application image
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A binary file that is loaded and executed by the board for which
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it was built.
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Each application image contains both the application's code and the
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Zephyr kernel code needed to support it. They are compiled as a single,
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fully-linked binary.
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Once an application image is loaded onto a board, the image takes control
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of the system, initializes it, and runs as the system's sole application.
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Both application code and kernel code execute as privileged code
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within a single shared address space.
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board
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A target system with a defined set of devices and capabilities,
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which can load and execute an application image. It may be an actual
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hardware system or a simulated system running under QEMU.
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The Zephyr kernel supports a :ref:`variety of boards <boards>`.
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board configuration
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A set of kernel configuration options that specify how the devices
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present on a board are used by the kernel.
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The Zephyr build system defines one or more board configurations
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for each board it supports. The kernel configuration settings that are
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specified by the build system can be over-ridden by the application,
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if desired.
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IDT
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(Interrupt Descriptor Table) a data structure used by the x86
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architecture to implement an interrupt vector table. The IDT is used
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to determine the correct response to interrupts and exceptions.
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ISR
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(Interrupt Service Routine) Also known as an interrupt handler, an ISR
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is a callback function whose execution is triggered by a hardware
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interrupt (or software interrupt instructions) and is used to handle
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high-priority conditions that require interrupting the current code
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executing on the processor.
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kernel
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The set of Zephyr-supplied files that implement the Zephyr kernel,
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including its core services, device drivers, network stack, and so on.
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XIP
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(eXecute In Place) a method of executing programs directly from long
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term storage rather than copying it into RAM, saving writable memory for
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dynamic data and not the static program code.
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