Glossary

Glossary of names, acronyms, subsystems and more.

Short	Full	Context	Owner
ADPL	Advanced Data Path Logging	Modem?	Qualcomm-specific
aDSP	Audio Digital Signal Processor	Audio	Qualcomm-specific
AMSS	Advanced Mobile Subscriber Software		Qualcomm-specific
AOSS	Always-On SubSystem		Qualcomm-specific
APQ	Application Processor Qualcomm		Qualcomm-specific
APSS	Application Processor SubSystem		Qualcomm-specific
AXI	Advanced eXtensible Interface
BAM	Bus Access Module		Qualcomm-specific
BLSP	BAM Low Speed Peripherals		Qualcomm-specific
CABC/CABL	Content Adaptive BackLight/Control	Display	Qualcomm-specific
CCI	Camera Cell Index	Camera	Qualcomm-specific
CDP	Core Development Platform		Qualcomm-specific
cDSP	Compute Digital Signal Processor		Qualcomm-specific
CDT	Configuration Data Table		Generic
CE	Crypto Engine		Generic
COPP	Common Object PostProcessing		Qualcomm-specific
CSI2	Camera Serial Interface	Camera	MIPI
CSID	CSI Decoder	Camera	MIPI or Qcom?
DPM	Data Port Mapper	Modem	Qualcomm-specific
DSI	Display Serial Interface	Display	MIPI
DSPP	Destination Surface Processor Pipes	Display	Qualcomm-specific
EDL	Emergency Download Mode		Qualcomm-specific
FFBM	Fast Factory Boot Mode		Qualcomm-specific??
FSG	FileSystem Gold		Qualcomm-specific
GDSC	Global Distributed Switch Controller		Qualcomm-specific
GENI	GEneric INterface	Serial	Qualcomm-specific
GSBI	General Serial Bus Interface		Qualcomm-specific
IPA	Internet Packet Accelerator		Qualcomm-specific
LABIBB	LCD/AMOLED Boost, Inverting Buck-Boost	Display	Qcom?
LK	LittleKernel (bootloader)		Project name
LLCC	Low Level Cache Controller		Qualcomm-specific
LM	Layer Mixer		Qualcomm-specific
LMh	Limits Management hardware		Qualcomm-specific
LPASS	Low Power Audio SubSystem		Qualcomm-specific
LSC	Lens Shading Compensation/Correction		Qualcomm-specific?
MDSS	Mobile/Multimedia Display SubSystem		Qualcomm-specific
MIPI	Mobile Industry Processor Interface
MMCC	MultiMedia Clock & Reset Controller		Qualcomm-specific
MMSS	MultiMedia SubSystem		Qualcomm-specific
MPM	MSM/Modem Power Manager		Qualcomm-specific
MSA	Modem Self Authentication		Qualcomm-specific
MSM	Mobile Station Modem		Qualcomm-specific
MTP	Mobile Test Platform		Qualcomm-specific
MVBAR	Monitor Vector Base Address		ARM
PBL	Primary BootLoader		Generic
PIL	Peripheral Image Loader		Qualcomm-specific
QCT	Qualcomm CDMA Technologies		Qualcomm-specific
QDM	Qualcomm Diagnostic Monitor		Qualcomm-specific
QFE	Qualcomm Front End		Qualcomm-specific
QFPROM	Qualcomm Fuse Programmable ROM		Qualcomm-specific
QHEE	Qcom Hypervisor Execution Environment		Qualcomm-specific
QMI	Qualcomm Messaging Interface		Qualcomm-specific
QRD	Qualcomm Reference Design		Qualcomm-specific
QSAPPS	Qualcomm Secure Apps		Qualcomm-specific
QSD	Qualcomm SnapDragon		Qualcomm-specific
QUP	Qualcomm Universal Peripheral	Serial	Qualcomm-specific
RCGwR	Root Clock Generator with Ramp-controller	Clocks/CPU	Qualcomm-specific
RDI	Raw Dump Interface	Camera	Qualcomm-specific
RPM	Resource Package Manager		Qualcomm-specific
SBL	Secondary BootLoader		Generic
SCM	Secure Channel Manager		Qualcomm-specific
SCR	Secure Configuration Register		ARM
SDE	SnapDragon Display Engine		Qualcomm-specific
SE	Serial Engine		Qualcomm-specific??
SFR	Subsystem-restart Failure Reason		Qualcomm-specific
SLIMBUS	Serial Low-power Inter-chip Media Bus		Qualcomm-specific
SMC	Secure Monitor Call		ARM
SMD	Shared Memory Driver		Qualcomm-specific
SMEM	Shared MEMory		Qualcomm-specific
SMP2P	Shared Memory Point-to-Point		Qualcomm-specific
SMSM	Shared Memory State Machine		Qualcomm-specific
SOF	Start Of Frame		Generic?
SPI	Serial Peripheral Interface		Bus, Generic
SPM	Subsystem Power Management		Qualcomm-specific
SPS	Smart Peripheral System		Qualcomm-specific
SSPP	Source Surface Processor Pipe(s)		Qualcomm-specific
SSR	SubSystem Restart		Qualcomm-specific
TLMM	Top Level Mode Multiplexer		??Generic??
TZBSP	TrustZone Board Support Package		Qualcomm-specific??
VBIF	Video Bus InterFace		Qualcomm-specific
VFE	Video Front End	Camera	Qualcomm-specific
VMIDMT	Virtual Machine ID Mapping Table		ARM??
WCD	WSP Codec Device		Qualcomm-specific
WCN	Wireless Connectivity Network		Qualcomm-specific
WCNSS	Wireless Connectivity Network SubSystem		Qualcomm-specific
WDSP	Wideband Digital Signal Processor		Generic
WSA	WSP Smart Amplifier		Qualcomm-specific
WSP	Wafer-Scale Package		Qualcomm-specific
XBL	eXtensible BootLoader		Qualcomm-specific