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- ABI Application binary interface
- a.out Assembler output file format
- BSS Block started by symbol. The uninitialized data segment containing statically-allocated variables.
- COFF Common object file format
- DTV Dynamic thread vector (for TLS)
- DWARF A standardized debugging data format
- GD Global Dynamic (dynamic TLS) One of the Thread-Local Storage access models.
- GOT Global offset table
- IE Initial Executable (static TLS with assigned offsets) One of the Thread-Local Storage access models.
- LD Local Dynamic (dynamic TLS of local symbols) One of the Thread-Local Storage access models.
- LE Local Executable (static TLS) One of the Thread-Local Storage access models.
- Mach-O Mach object file format
- PC Program counter. On x86, this is the same as IP (Instruction Pointer) register.
- PE Portable executable
- PHT Program header table
- PIC Position independent code
- PIE Position independent executable
- PLT Procedure linkage table
- REL
- RELA Relocation
- RVA Relative virtual address
- SHF Section header flag
- SHT Section header table
- SO Shared object (another name for dynamic link library)
- VMA Virtual memory area/address