ABI Application Binary Interface
AST Abstract Syntax Tree

CAS Cycle-Accurate Simulator

DAG Directed Acyclic Graph
DSL Domain-Specific Language

ELF Executable and Linking Format

GCB Generic Compiler Backend
GOT Global Offset Table

HDL Hardware Description Language

IDE Integrated Development Environment
IR Intermediate Representation
ISA Instruction Set Architecture
ISS Instruction Set Simulator

JVM Java Virtual Machine
JIT Just In Time

LCB LLVM Compiler Backend
LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine
LR Load Reserved

MiA Micro-Architecture

PC Program counter
PDL Processor Description Language

RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RTL Register Transfer Level

STC Store Conditional

UME User Mode Emulation

VADL Vienna Architecture Description Language
VDL Vienna Definition Language
VIAM VADL Intermediate Architecture Model
VLIW Very Long Instruction Word

XML Extensible Markup Language