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  1. .. _glossary:
  2. Glossary
  3. ========
  4. .. glossary::
  5. :sorted:
  6. API
  7. (Application Program Interface) A defined set of routines and protocols for
  8. building application software.
  9. ISR
  10. (Interrupt Service Routine) Also known as an interrupt handler, an ISR
  11. is a callback function whose execution is triggered by a hardware
  12. interrupt (or software interrupt instructions) and is used to handle
  13. high-priority conditions that require interrupting the current code
  14. executing on the processor.
  15. XIP
  16. (eXecute In Place) a method of executing programs directly from long
  17. term storage rather than copying it into RAM, saving writable memory for
  18. dynamic data and not the static program code.
  19. DSP
  20. (Digital Signal Processing) is the use of digital processing, such as by
  21. computers or more specialized digital signal processors, to perform a wide
  22. variety of signal processing operations.
  23. NN
  24. (Neural Network) is a network or circuit of neurons, or in a modern sense,
  25. an artificial neural network, composed of artificial neurons or nodes.