Motorola MPC8260 User Manual

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MPC8260 PowerQUICC II UserÕs Manual
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PowerPC Architecture Terminology Conventions
Table ii lists certain terms used in this manual that differ from the architecture terminology
conventions.
UISA
User instruction set architecture
UPM
User-programmable machine
USART
Universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
USB
Universal serial bus
VA
Virtual address
VEA
Virtual environment architecture
XER
Register used primarily for indicating conditions such as carries and overßows for integer operations 
Table ii. Terminology Conventions 
The Architecture SpeciÞcation
This Manual
Data storage interrupt (DSI)
DSI exception
Extended mnemonics
SimpliÞed mnemonics
Instruction storage interrupt (ISI)
ISI exception 
Interrupt
Exception
Privileged mode (or privileged state)
Supervisor-level privilege
Problem mode (or problem state)
User-level privilege
Real address
Physical address
Relocation
Translation
Storage (locations)
Memory
Storage (the act of)
Access 
Table i. Acronyms and Abbreviated Terms (Continued)
Term
Meaning