latex-masters-thesis/glossaries.tex

%\newacronym{$\upmu$}{mikro, $10^{-6}$}
\newacronym{io}{I/O}{Input/Output}
\newacronym{rom}{ROM}{Read-Only memory}
\newacronym{ram}{RAM}{Random-access memory}
\newacronym{gpio}{GPIO}{General-purpose \acrshort{io}}
\newacronym{hz}{Hz}{Hertz, the SI unit of frequency}
\newacronym{mhz}{MHz}{Mega-Hertz}
\newacronym{ghz}{GHz}{Giga-Hertz}
\newacronym{si}{SI}{Syst\`eme International}
\newacronym{soc}{SoC}{System-on-Chip}
\newacronym{wlan}{WLAN}{Wireless local area network}
\newacronym{ap}{AP}{Access Point}
\newacronym{ieee}{IEEE}{Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers}
\newacronym{uart}{UART}{Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter}
\newacronym{led}{LED}{Light emitting diode}
\newacronym{v}{V}{volt, the SI unit of electric potential}
\newacronym{mips}{MIPS}{Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages}
\newacronym{wan}{WAN}{Wide area network}
\newacronym{lan}{LAN}{Local area network}
\newacronym{man}{MAN}{Metropolitan are network}
\newacronym{usb}{USB}{Universal serial bus}
\newacronym[plural=OSes]{os}{OS}{Operating system}
\newacronym[plural=RTOSes]{rtos}{RTOS}{Real-time operating system}
\newacronym{ic}{IC}{integrated circuit}
\newacronym{eeprom}{EEPROM}{Electrically erasable programmable \acrshort{rom}}
\newacronym{pda}{PDA}{Personal digital assistant}
\newacronym{dsp}{DSP}{Digital signal processor}
\newacronym{spi}{SPI}{Serial peripheral interface}
\newacronym{asic}{ASIC}{Application-specific integrated circuit}
\newacronym{fpga}{FPGA}{Field-programmable gate array}
\newacronym{adc}{ADC}{Analog-to-digital converter}
\newacronym{dac}{DAC}{Digital-to-analog converter}
\newacronym{hw}{HW}{hardware}
\newacronym{sw}{SW}{software}
\newacronym{cpu}{CPU}{Central processing unit}
\newacronym{jtag}{JTAG}{Joint test action group}
\newacronym{sdr}{SDR}{Synchronous dynamic random access memory}
\newacronym{dram}{DRAM}{Dynamic random-access memory}
\newacronym{ddram}{DDR}{Double data rate synchronous \acrshort{dram}}
\newacronym{rf}{RF}{Radio frequency}
\newacronym{i2s}{I\textsuperscript{2}S}{Integrated Interchip Sound}
\newacronym{spdif}{S/PDIF}{Sony-Philips Digital Interface Format}
\newacronym{slic}{SLIC}{Subscriber line interface circuit}
\newacronym{ip}{IP}{Internet Protocol}
\newacronym{voip}{VOIP}{Voice over \acrshort{ip}}
\newacronym{pcm}{PCM}{Pulse code modulation}
\newacronym{lpcc}{LPCC}{Quad Flat No-leads}
\newacronym{lna}{LNA}{Low-noise amplifier}
\newacronym{pa}{PA}{Power amplifier}
\newacronym{gui}{GUI}{Graphical user interface}
\newacronym{cli}{CLI}{Command-line interface}
\newacronym{posix}{POSIX}{Portable operating system interface}
\newacronym{MB}{MB}{Mega-Byte, unit of digital information}
\newacronym{bsd}{BSD}{Berkeley Software Distribution}


\newglossaryentry{ethernet}{
	name=ethernet,
	description={family of computer networking technologies for \glspl{lan} and \glspl{man}, conforming to standard \gls{ieee} 802.3}
}
\newglossaryentry{firmware}{
	name=firmware,
	description={the combination of a \gls{hw} device, e.g. an \gls{ic}, and computer instructions and data that reside as read only \gls{sw} on that device, it usually cannot be modified during normal operation of the device}
}
\newglossaryentry{flash}{
	name=flash,
	description={an electronic non-volatile computer storage medium (memory) that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed, next evolution of \gls{eeprom}}
}
\newglossaryentry{linux}{
	name=linux,
	description={an \Gls{unix}-like and mostly \acrshort{posix}-compliant computer \gls{os} assembled under the model of free and open-source \gls{sw} development and distribution, from the beginning maintained by Linus Torvalds},
	plural=linuces
}
\newglossaryentry{router}{
	name=router,
	description={a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, connected to two or more data lines from different networks}
}
\newglossaryentry{system}{
	name=system,
	description={a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole, observing properties not obtainable with individual components}
}
\newglossaryentry{kernel}{
	name=kernel,
	description={a computer program that manages \gls{io} requests from software, and translates them into data processing instructions for the central processing unit and other electronic components of a computer, being a fundamental part of a modern computer's \gls{os}}
}
\newglossaryentry{shell}{
	name=shell,
	description={a user interface for access to an \gls{os}'s services, using either \gls{cli} or \gls{gui}, depending on a computer's role and particular operation}
}
\newglossaryentry{interface}{
	name=interface,
	description={a shared boundary across which two separate components of a computer \gls{system} exchange information that can occur between \gls{sw}, computer \gls{hw}, peripheral devices, humans and combinations of these}
}
\newglossaryentry{unix}{
	name=unix,
	description={a family of multitaskings, multiuser computer \gls{os} that derive from the original AT\&T Unix, developed in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others}
}
\newglossaryentry{android}{
	name=android,
	description={a mobile \gls{os} based on the \Gls{linux} \gls{kernel} and currently developed by Google, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, and for specialized user \glspl{interface} like televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear).}
}