Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Appendix A
Glossary
AC
Alternating current
Amps
Amperes
ATAG
ARM tags, though now used by boot loaders for other architectures
AVC
Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4)
AVR
Wikipedia states that “it is commonly accepted that AVR stands for Alf (Egil Bogen)
and Vegard (Wollan)'s RISC processor.”
BCD
Binary-coded decimal
Brick
To accidently render a device unusable by making changes to it
CEA
Consumer Electronics Association
cond
Condition variable
CPU
Central processing unit
CRC
Cyclic redundancy check, a type of hash for error detection
CVT
Coordinated Video Timings standard (replaces GTF)
daemon
A Unix process that services requests in the background
DC
Direct current
