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<h1>Terminology and Acronyms<a class="headerlink" href="#terminology-and-acronyms" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<p><strong>SBL</strong> Slim Bootloader</p>
<p><strong>UDK</strong> UEFI Development Kit</p>
<p><strong>TPM</strong> Trsuted Platform Module</p>
<p><strong>ASL</strong> ACPI Source Language</p>
<p><strong>NASM</strong> Assembler/Disassembler for Intel architecture.</p>
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<dt>FSP</dt><dd><p>Firmware Support Package. FSP is a binary image embedded in SBL to initialize main memory and chipset for Intel SoCs. It provides a standardized API that boot loaders call into in order to initialize the silicon. These APIs are required in order to boot an OS.</p>
<p>An FSP v2.0 compliant image consists of three subcomponents:</p>
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<li><p>FSP-T (<strong>T</strong>emporary Memory or Cache-As-RAM Initialization)</p></li>
<li><p>FSP-M (<strong>M</strong>emory Initialization)</p></li>
<li><p>FSP-S (<strong>S</strong>ilicon Initialization)</p></li>
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<dt>IFWI</dt><dd><p>Integrated FirmWare Image. A complete flashable SPI image including all required
firmware ingredients to boot on Intel platforms.</p>
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<dt>Zephyr</dt><dd><p>A small scalable open source RTOS for IoT embedded devices.</p>
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<dt>Dockers</dt><dd><p>This software uses operating system level virtualization to develop and deliver software in package called containers. The software that hosts these containers is called Docker Engine.</p>
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