docs/glossary.rst

   1 Glossary
   2 ========
   3
   4 This glossary provides definitions for terms and abbreviations used in the TF-A
   5 documentation.
   6
   7 You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
   8
   9 .. glossary::
  10    :sorted:
  11
  12    AArch32
  13       32-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA
  14
  15    AArch64
  16       64-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA
  17
  18    API
  19       Application Programming Interface
  20
  21    CoT
  22    COT
  23       Chain of Trust
  24
  25    CSS
  26       Compute Sub-System
  27
  28    CVE
  29       Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. A CVE document is commonly used to
  30       describe a publicly-known security vulnerability.
  31
  32    DS-5
  33       Arm Development Studio 5
  34
  35    DT
  36       Device Tree
  37
  38    EL
  39       Exception Level
  40
  41    EHF
  42       Exception Handling Framework
  43
  44    FDT
  45       Flattened Device Tree
  46
  47    FIP
  48       Firmware Image Package
  49
  50    FVP
  51       Fixed Virtual Platform
  52
  53    FWU
  54       FirmWare Update
  55
  56    GIC
  57       Generic Interrupt Controller
  58
  59    ISA
  60       Instruction Set Architecture
  61
  62    Linaro
  63       A collaborative engineering organization consolidating
  64       and optimizing open source software and tools for the Arm architecture.
  65
  66    MMU
  67       Memory Management Unit
  68
  69    MPAM
  70       Memory Partitioning And Monitoring. An optional Armv8.4 extension.
  71
  72    MPIDR
  73       Multiprocessor Affinity Register
  74
  75    OEN
  76       Owning Entity Number
  77
  78    OP-TEE
  79       Open Portable Trusted Execution Environment. An example of a :term:`TEE`
  80
  81    OTE
  82       Open-source Trusted Execution Environment
  83
  84    PDD
  85       Platform Design Document
  86
  87    PMF
  88       Performance Measurement Framework
  89
  90    PSCI
  91       Power State Coordination Interface
  92
  93    RAS
  94       Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability extensions. A mandatory
  95       extension for the Armv8.2 architecture and later. An optional extension to
  96       the base Armv8 architecture.
  97
  98    ROT
  99       Root of Trust
 100
 101    SCMI
 102       System Control and Management Interface
 103
 104    SCP
 105       System Control Processor
 106
 107    SDEI
 108       Software Delegated Exception Interface
 109
 110    SDS
 111       Shared Data Storage
 112
 113    SEA
 114       Synchronous External Abort
 115
 116    SiP
 117    SIP
 118       Silicon Provider
 119
 120    SMC
 121       Secure Monitor Call
 122
 123    SMCCC
 124       :term:`SMC` Calling Convention
 125
 126    SoC
 127       System on Chip
 128
 129    SP
 130       Secure Partition
 131
 132    SPCI
 133       Secure Partition Client Interface
 134
 135    SPD
 136       Secure Payload Dispatcher
 137
 138    SPM
 139       Secure Partition Manager
 140
 141    SVE
 142       Scalable Vector Extension
 143
 144    TBB
 145       Trusted Board Boot
 146
 147    TBBR
 148       Trusted Board Boot Requirements
 149
 150    TEE
 151       Trusted Execution Environment
 152
 153    TF-A
 154       Trusted Firmware-A
 155
 156    TF-M
 157       Trusted Firmware-M
 158
 159    TLB
 160       Translation Lookaside Buffer
 161
 162    TLK
 163       Trusted Little Kernel. A Trusted OS from NVIDIA.
 164
 165    TSP
 166       Test Secure Payload
 167
 168    TZC
 169       TrustZone Controller
 170
 171    UEFI
 172       Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
 173
 174    WDOG
 175       Watchdog
 176
 177    XLAT
 178       Translation (abbr.). For example, "XLAT table".
 179
 180 .. _`Arm Glossary`: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-glossary