13. Glossary

ABI
An acronym for Application Binary Interface.
API
An acronym for Application Programming Interface.
CCB
An acronym for Change Control Board.
Doorstop
Doorstop is a requirements management tool.
EARS
An acronym for Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax.
GCC
An acronym for GNU Compiler Collection.
GNAT
GNAT is the GNU compiler for Ada, integrated into the GCC.
GNU
An acronym for GNU’s Not Unix.
ISVV
An acronym for Independent Software Verification and Validation.
ReqIF
An acronym for Requirements Interchange Format.
RTEMS
An acronym for Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems.
software item
This term has the same meaning as software product.
software product
The software product is the RTEMS real-time operating system.
source code
This project uses the source code definition of the Linux Information Project: “Source code (also referred to as source or code) is the version of software as it is originally written (i.e., typed into a computer) by a human in plain text (i.e., human readable alphanumeric characters).”
YAML
An acronym for YAML Ain’t Markup Language.