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ADB Android Debug Bridge
aDSP audio DSP
API Application Programming Interface
APK Application Package File
ASID Address Space Identifier
AXI Advanced Extensible Interface
cDSP compute DSP
CDT C/C++ Development Toolkit
CLI Command-Line Interface
CPZ Content Protection Zone
DCVS Dynamic Clock Voltage Scaling
DevCon Device Console
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DMT Dynamic Multi Threading
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DU Data Unit
ETM Embedded Trace Macrocell
ELF Executable and Linking Format
GID Group ID
GUI Graphical User Intefrace
HAP Hexagon Access Program
HexTA Hexagon Trace Analyzer
HLOS High Level Operating System (Generic term for WinMob, Linux etc.)
HMX Hexagon Matrix eXtensions
HVX Hexagon Vector eXtensions
IDE Integrated Development Environment
IDL Interface Definition Language
IPS Instructions executed Per Second
ISA Instruction Set Architecture
IU Integer Unit
Kit/s Kilo iterations per second
LA Linux Android
LE Linux Embedded
LLDB LLVM Debugger
LPI Low Power Island
LPASS Low Power Audio Subsystem
MBPS Megabits per second
mDSP modem DSP
MMU Memory Management Unit
MPPS or Mpkts/s Million Packets per second
MTP Mobile Test Platform – mentioned
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
pCPP Processor cycles per packet
PD Protection Domain
PMU Performance Management Unit
PPS Packets executed Per Second
PSS Peripheral Subsytem
QHCG Qualcomm HVX code generator
QHL Qualcomm Hexagon Libraries
QNN Qualcomm Neural Network
QRD Qualcomm Reference Device
QuRT Qualcomm Real Time OS
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RTOS Real Time Operating System
sDSP sensor DSP (also known as SLPI)
SLPI Sensor Low Power Island
SMMU System MMU
SSR SubSystem Restart
STID Software Thread ID
sysMon System Monitor
TCG Trusted Code Group
TCM Tightly Coupled Memory
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer
TLP Thread-level profiling
USB Universal Serial Bus
VTCM Vector Tightly Coupled Memory