Appendix B
Glossary
A
asm470: The name of the command that invokes the assembler for the TMS470R1x.
assembler: A software program that creates a
C
C compiler: A software program that translates C source statements into assembly language source statements.
code generator: A compiler tool that takes the file produced by the parser
or the optimizer and produces an assembly language source file.
COFF: Common object file format. A binary object file format that promotes modular programming by supporting the concept of sections. All COFF sections are independently relocatable in memory space; you can place any section into any allocated block of target memory.
cl470: The name of the command that invokes the compiler shell program for the TMS470R1x. (The second character in the shell name is a lower- case L.)
D
DOS/4G: The base version for DOS/4GW. You may occasionally see this term in an error message. If so, see Appendix A, Troubleshooting DOS Systems, for the appropriate action.