.. _glossary:

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Glossary
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.. glossary::
    
    AXI
        Advanced eXtensible Interface

    BAR
        Base Address Register

    CDC
        Clock Domain Crossing

    CRC
        Cyclic Redundancy Check

    DMA
        Direct Memory Access

    FPGA
        Field-Programmable Gate Array

    I2C
        Inter-Intergrated Circuit

    JTAG
        Joint Test Action Group

    LFSR
        Linear Feedback Shift Register

    MAC
        Media Access Control(ler)

    MSI
        Message-Signaled Interrupt

    NIC
        Network Interface Controller

    PCI
        Peripheral Component Interconnect

    PCIe
        PCI Express

    PHY
        PHYsical layer (interface)

    PRBS
        Pseudorandom Binary Sequence

    PTP
        Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588)

    RSS
        Receive Side Scaling

    UART
        Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter