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4Glossary
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7.. glossary::
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9  Binutils
10    GNU Binary Utilities such as the assembler ``as``, linker ``ld`` and a
11    range of other tools used in the development of software.
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13  DLL
14    Dynamically Linker Library used on Windows.
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16  GCC
17    GNU Compiler Tool chain. It is the GNU C/C++ compiler, binutils and GDB.
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19  GDB
20    GNU Debugger
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22  MinGW
23    Minimal GNU system for Windows that lets GCC built programs use the
24    standard Windows operating system DLLs. It lets you build native Windows
25    programs with the GNU GCC compiler.
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27  MinGW64
28    Minimal GNU system for 64bit Windows. MinGW64 is not the MinGW project.
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30  MSYS2
31    Minimal System 2 is a fork of the MinGW project's MSYS tool and the MinGW
32    MSYS tool is a fork of Cygwin project. The Cygwin project provides a POSIX
33    emulation layer for Windows so POSIX software can run on Windows. MSYS is a
34    minimal version that is just enough to let ``configure`` scripts run. MSYS
35    has a simplied path structure to make it easier to building native Windows
36    programs.
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38  POSIX
39    Portable Operating System Interface is a standard that lets software be
40    portable between compliant operating systems.
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42  prefix
43    A path used when building a package so all parts of the package reside
44    under that path.
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46  RSB
47    RTEMS Source Builder is part of the RTEMS Tools Project. It builds packages
48    such as the tools for the RTEMS operating system.
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50  RTEMS
51    The Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems or RTEMS is a open
52    source fully featured Real Time Operating System or RTOS that supports a
53    variety of open standard application programming interfaces (API) and
54    interface standards such as POSIX and BSD sockets.
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56  Test Suite
57   See Testsuite
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59  Testsuite
60    RTEMS test suite located in the ``testsuites/`` directory.
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62  Waf
63    Waf build system.  For more information see http://www.waf.io/
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