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== A ==
; [[Abatron]] : [http://www.abatron.ch/ Abatron] is a Swiss company that makes a popular Jtag debugger often used to debug embedded Linux. Their primary products are the 'BDIx000' line of Jtag debuggers.
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; Abatron : [http://www.abatron.ch/ Abatron] is a Swiss company that makes a popular Jtag debugger often used to debug embedded Linux. Their primary products are the 'BDIx000' line of Jtag debuggers.
  
 
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== I ==
 
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== J ==
; [JTAG] : Short for "Joint Test Action Group", jtag refers to a debugging interface used to validate hardware and debug software on an embedded board.  See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Test_Action_Group wikipedia JTAG entry].
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; JTAG : Short for "Joint Test Action Group", jtag refers to a debugging interface used to validate hardware and debug software on an embedded board.  See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Test_Action_Group wikipedia JTAG entry].
  
 
== K ==
 
== K ==
; [[kernel]] : The Linux kernel is the core software in a Linux system that interfaces with the hardware, manages resources on behalf of process, and mediates interactions between processes and the hardware, and between processes themselves.
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; kernel : The Linux kernel is the core software in a Linux system that interfaces with the hardware, manages resources on behalf of process, and mediates interactions between processes and the hardware, and between processes themselves.
  
 
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== L ==

Revision as of 09:25, 30 August 2012

Here are terms (many with definitions!!) that are used with embedded Linux.

A

Abatron 
Abatron is a Swiss company that makes a popular Jtag debugger often used to debug embedded Linux. Their primary products are the 'BDIx000' line of Jtag debuggers.

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J

JTAG 
Short for "Joint Test Action Group", jtag refers to a debugging interface used to validate hardware and debug software on an embedded board. See the wikipedia JTAG entry.

K

kernel 
The Linux kernel is the core software in a Linux system that interfaces with the hardware, manages resources on behalf of process, and mediates interactions between processes and the hardware, and between processes themselves.

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