Abbreviations, Lexical Conventions

The following table has some programming terms used in this manual.

Table 1. Common terminology
Topic Description
ANSI American National Standards Institute
Compilation Unit Source file to be compiled, includes all included header files
Floating Type Numerical type with a fractional part, e.g., float, double, long double
HLI High-level Inline Assembly
Integral Type Numerical type without a fractional part, e.g., char, short, int, long, long long