Documentation/Maemo SDK Virtual Image Tutorial/Glossary

Glossary

ARMEL
A name that e.g. Debian uses for the little endian ARM EABI (ABI for the ARM architecture).
ESbox
Eclipse product implementing integration between Eclipse IDE and Maemo SDK.
GUI
Graphical User Interface.
IDE
Integrated Development Environment like Eclipse or QtCreator.
IP
Internet Protocol is a protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork.
Maemo
Software platform for mobile devices developed by Nokia, based on GNU/Linux and GNOME/GTK+ technologies. It includes proprietary components to make it work on the Nokia Maemo compatible device.
maemo.org
Developer community web site maintained by Nokia, main point of reference for open source and third-party developers in general.
OProfile
System-wide profiler for Linux systems.
OS
Operating System or sometimes Open Source.
Scratchbox
cross-compilation toolkit designed to make embedded Linux application development easier and to cross-compile an entire Linux distribution.
SDK
Software Development Kit.
Valgrind
Tool suite for debugging and profiling Linux programs.
VM
Virtual Machine.

Maemo Releases

Mistral
Maemo 2.0 release for Nokia 770 device. Corresponds to the Nokia Internet Tablet SE 2006 version 2.01.2006.26-8.
Scirocco
Maemo 2.1 release for Nokia 770 device. Includs mainly bugfixes and some other enhancements. Corresponds to Nokia Internet Tablet SE 2006 version 2.2006.39-14.
Gregale
Maemo 2.2 release for Nokia 770 device (bugfixes and enhancements).
Bora
Maemo 3.x releases for Nokia N800 device. Corresponds to Internet Tablet OS releases "1.2006.47-20", "2.2006.51-6" (Maemo 3.0), "3.2007.10-7" (Maemo 3.1) and "4.2007.26-8"+"4.2007.38-2" (Maemo 3.2).
Chinook
Maemo 4.0.x releases for Nokia N800 and N810 devices. Corresponds to Internet Tablet OS releases "1.2007.44-4" (Maemo 4.0) and "2.2007.51-3" (Maemo 4.0.1)
Diablo
Maemo 4.1.x releases for Nokia N800, N810 and N810 WiMAX devices. Corresponds to Internet Tablet OS releases "4.2008.23-14" (Maemo 4.1), "4.2008.36-5" (Maemo 4.1.1) and "5.2008.43-7" (Maemo 4.1.2)
Fremantle
Maemo 5.x releases for N900 device. Corresponds to Maemo 5 OS release "1.2009.42-11" + eMMC content "1.2009.41-1" (Maemo 5) and OS release "2.2009.51-1" + eMMC content "1.2009.41-1" (Maemo 5 Update)
Harmattan
Maemo 6.x releases, corresponds to Maemo 6 OS release "x.2010.xx-x"