Texas Instruments TMS320C54x User Manual page 446

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absolute address: An address that is permanently assigned to a
absolute lister: A debugging tool that accepts linked files as input and
algebraic: An instruction that the assembler translates into machine code.
alignment: A process in which the linker places an output section at an
allocation: A process in which the linker calculates the final memory
archive library: A collection of individual files that have been grouped into
archiver: A software program that allows you to collect several individual
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Exchange. A standard
assembler: A software program that creates a machine-language program
assembly-time constant: A symbol that is assigned a constant value with
TMS320C54x memory location.
creates .abs files as output. These .abs files can be assembled to pro-
duce a listing that shows the absolute addresses of object code. Without
the tool, an absolute listing can be prepared with the use of many manual
operations.
address that falls on an n- bit boundary, where n is a power of 2. You can
specify alignment with the SECTIONS linker directive.
addresses of output sections.
a single file.
files into a single file called an archive library. The archiver also allows
you to delete, extract, or replace members of the archive library, as well
as to add new members.
computer code for representing and exchanging alphanumeric informa-
tion.
from a source file that contains assembly language instructions, direc-
tives, and macro directives. The assembler substitutes absolute opera-
tion codes for symbolic operation codes, and absolute or relocatable
addresses for symbolic addresses.
the .set directive.
Running Title—Attribute Reference
Appendix E
Appendix A
Chapter Title—Attribute Reference
Glossary
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