userspace-api/media/glossary.rst

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18 	media hardware.
29 	Part of the Linux Kernel that implements support for a hardware
39 	An API designed to control a subset of the :term:`Media Hardware`
51 	**Field-programmable Gate Array**
56 	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array.
58     Hardware Component
59 	A subset of the :term:`Media Hardware`. For example an :term:`I²C` or
63     Hardware Peripheral
64 	A group of :term:`hardware components <Hardware Component>` that
65 	together make a larger user-facing functional peripheral. For
67 	and the external camera sensors together make a camera hardware
73 	**Inter-Integrated Circuit**
75 	A  multi-master, multi-slave, packet switched, single-ended,
76 	serial computer bus used to control some hardware components
77 	like sub-device hardware components.
79 	See http://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/UM10204.pdf.
110 	A set of userspace APIs used to control the media hardware. It is
113 	  - :term:`CEC API`;
114 	  - :term:`Digital TV API`;
115 	  - :term:`MC API`;
116 	  - :term:`RC API`; and
117 	  - :term:`V4L2 API`.
125 	multimedia devices and sub-devices.
129     MC-centric
130 	:term:`V4L2 Hardware` device driver that requires :term:`MC API`.
137     Media Hardware
138 	Subset of the hardware that is supported by the Linux Media API.
140 	This includes audio and video capture and playback hardware,
151 	The same as :term:`Hardware Peripheral`.
180 	control a V4L2 hardware.
187     V4L2 Hardware
188 	Part of the media hardware which is supported by the :term:`V4L2 API`.
190     V4L2 Sub-device
191 	V4L2 hardware components that aren't controlled by a
194     Video-node-centric
200     V4L2 Sub-device API
202 	:term:`V4L2 sub-devices <V4L2 Sub-device>`, like sensors,