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40 lines
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Throughout Icarus Verilog descriptions and source code, I use a
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variety of terms and acronyms that might be specific to Icarus
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Verilog, have an Icarus Verilog specific meaning, or just aren't
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widely known. So here I define these terms.
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LRM - Language Reference Manual
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This is a generic acronym, but in the Verilog world we sometimes
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mean *the* language reference manual, the IEEE1364 standard.
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PLI - Programming Language Interface
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This is a C API into Verilog simulators that is defined by the
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IEEE1364. There are two major interfaces, sometimes called PLI 1
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and PLI 2. PLI 2 is also often called VPI.
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UDP - User Defined Primitive
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These are objects that Verilog programmers define with the
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"primitive" keyword. They are truth-table based devices. The
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syntax for defining them is described in the LRM.
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VPI -
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This is the C API that is defined by the Verilog standard, and
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that Icarus Verilog partially implements. See also PLI.
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VVM - Verilog Virtual Machine
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This is the Icarus Verilog runtime that works with the code
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generator that generates C++.
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VVP - Verilog Virtual Processor
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This is the Icarus Verilog runtime that reads in custom code in a
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form that I call "VVP Assembly". See the vvp/ directory for
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documentation on that.
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