Terminology And Definitions - Seco Qseven mQ7-C72 User Manual

1.7 Terminology and definitions

API Application Program Interface, a set of commands and functions that can be used by programmers for writing software for specific Operating
Systems
CAN Bus Controller Area network, a protocol designed for in-vehicle communication
DDC Display Data Channel, a kind of I2C interface for digital communication between displays and graphics processing units (GPU)
DDR Double Data Rate, a typology of memory devices which transfer data both on the rising and on the falling edge of the clock.
eDP embedded Display Port, a type of digital video display interface developed especially for internal connections between boards and digital displays
FFC/FPC Flexible Flat Cable / Flat Panel Cable
GBE Gigabit Ethernet
Gbps Gigabits per second
GND Ground
GPI/O General purpose Input/Output
I2C Bus Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus, a simple serial bus consisting only of data and clock line, with multi-master capability
I2S Inter-Integrated Circuit Sound, an audio serial bus protocol interface developed by Philips (now NXP) in 1986
JTAG Joint Test Action Group, common name of IEEE1149.1 standard for testing printed circuit boards and integrated circuits through the Debug port
DDR4 Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, 4
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signalling, a standard for transferring data at very high speed using inexpensive twisted pair copper cables, usually used
for video applications
Mbps Megabits per second
MIPI Mobile Industry Processor Interface alliance
MMC/eMMC MultiMedia Card / embedded MMC, a type of memory card, having the same interface as the SD card. The eMMC is the embedded version of
the MMC. They are devices that incorporate the flash memories on a single BGA chip.
N.A. Not Applicable
N.C. Not Connected
OpenGL Open Graphics Library, an Open Source API dedicated to 2D and 3D graphics
OpenVG Open Vector Graphics, an Open Source API dedicated to hardware accelerated 2D vector graphics
OTG On-the-Go, a specification that allows to USB devices to act indifferently as Host or as a Client, depending on the device connected to the port.
PCI-e Peripheral Component Interface Express
PHY Abbreviation of Physical, it is the device implementing the Physical Layer of ISO/OSI-7 model for communication systems
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