Texas Instruments TMS320C54x User Manual page 449

Glossary
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hex conversion utility: A program that accepts COFF files and converts
them into one of several standard ASCII hexadecimal formats suitable
for loading into an EPROM programmer.
high-level language debugging: The ability of a compiler to retain sym-
bolic and high-level language information (such as type and function
definitions) so that a debugging tool can use this information.
hole: An area between the input sections that compose an output section
that contains no actual code or data.
incremental linking: Linking files that will be linked in several passes. Often
this means a very large file that will have sections linked and then will
have the sections linked together.
initialized section: A COFF section that contains executable code or initial-
ized data. An initialized section can be built up with the .data, .text, or
.sect directive.
input section: A section from an object file that will be linked into an
executable module.
label: A symbol that begins in column 1 of a source statement and corre-
sponds to the address of that statement.
line-number entry: An entry in a COFF output module that maps lines of
assembly code back to the original C source file that created them.
linker: A software tool that combines object files to form an object module
that can be allocated into TMS320C54x system memory and executed
by the device.
listing file: An output file, created by the assembler, that lists source state-
ments, their line numbers, and their effects on the SPC.
loader: A device that loads an executable module into TMS320C54x system
memory.