Terms and Abbreviations

Term or abbreviation

Meaning

ARM

ARM processor.

ARMI

ARM 4 instruction set with Thumb interworking.

ARM4

ARM 4 instruction set without Thumb interworking.

GCC

Compiler tool chain for ARM processor.

IDE

Integrated Development Environment; a system for supporting the process of writing software, including a syntax-directed editor, graphical tools for program entry, and integrated support for compiling and running the program and relating compilation errors back to the source. For example, Visual C++.

SDK

Software Development Kit; set of programming tools for creating applications and enhancing the use of certain software.

THUMB

ARM Thumb instruction set with ARM

WINS

Refers to the target platform for the Microsoft Windows hosted emulator with Microsoft Visual C++ IDE

WINSCW

Refers to the target platform for the Microsoft Windows hosted emulator with Metrowerks CodeWarrior IDE