Maxim Integrated 71M6513H Power Meter IC Family Software - Manual (Page 135)

71M651x Software User’s Guide
7. ACRONYMS
AC Alternating Current – current with changing polarity
ANSI American National Standardization Institution, part of ISO
ANSI C C Programming Language, standardized by ANSI in 1983. Keil C, used throughout this User’s
Guide is not strictly ANSI compliant.
API Application Programming Interface
C The C Programming Language, as defined by Kernighan and Ritchie
CE Computation Engine
Carriage Return or Enter Key on PC Keyboard
COM Communication Port
CPU Control Processor Unit (MPU)
DC Direct Current
EEP Engineering Evaluation Platform (Demo Board)
EEPROM Electrically Eraseable PROM
FLAG Ferranti-Landis&Gyr. An international protocol for reading of meters using an optical port.
GB Gigabyte(s)
ICE In-Circuit Emulator
IDE Integrated Development Environment – usually a combination of editor, compiler, assembler, linker,
debugger, ICE
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission (Geneva, Switzerland)
INT Interrupt
ISO International Standards Organization
ISR Interrupt Service Routine
KB Kilobyte(s) – 1,024 bytes
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
Line-feed character
LSB Least Significant Bit
MB Megabyte(s) – 1,024 kilobytes
MPU Microprocessor Unit
MSB Most Siginificant Bit
NV Non-Volatile
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