GLOSSARY
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A32 32-bit ARM CPUs.
A64 ARMv8 and later architecture CPUs that support 64-bit registers and operations.
ABI Application binary interface
Activation record A section of memory associated with a subroutine/function invocation that includes a return address, function arguments, local variables, and other function-related information.
Ahead-of-time compilation Translation of a machine-independent bytecode into native machine code prior to execution.
Allocation granularity (memory manager) The minimum-sized block a memory allocator will allocate for a storage request.
AOT Ahead of time. See Ahead-of-time compilation.
Attribute A feature associated with some object. Examples include the object’s name, type, memory address, and value.
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