Terms and Abbreviations

This specification uses the following terms and abbreviations:

Term	Meaning
ABI	Application Binary Interface
gABI	Generic System V Application Binary Interface
ELF	Executable and Linking Format
psABI	Processor-Specific ABI
DWARF	Debugging With Arbitrary Record Formats
GOT	Global Offset Table
PLT	Program Linkage Table
PC	Program Counter
TLS	Thread-Local Storage
NTBS	Null-Terminated Byte String
XLEN	The width of an integer register in bits
FLEN	The width of a floating-point register in bits
Linker relaxation	A mechanism for optimizing programs at link-time, see [Linker Relaxation] for more detail.

Term

Meaning

ABI

Application Binary Interface

gABI

Generic System V Application Binary Interface

ELF

Executable and Linking Format

psABI

Processor-Specific ABI

DWARF

Debugging With Arbitrary Record Formats

GOT

Global Offset Table

PLT

Program Linkage Table

Program Counter

TLS

Thread-Local Storage

NTBS

Null-Terminated Byte String

XLEN

The width of an integer register in bits

FLEN

The width of a floating-point register in bits

Linker relaxation

A mechanism for optimizing programs at link-time, see [Linker Relaxation] for more detail.