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| author | Frank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org> | 1998-07-15 04:51:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | Frank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org> | 1998-07-15 04:51:50 (GMT) |
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[svn-r503] HDF5 Reference Manual
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diff --git a/doc/html/Glossary.html b/doc/html/Glossary.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31b2db6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/html/Glossary.html @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +<html><head><title> +HDF5 Draft Glossary +</title></head> + +<body> + +<hr> +<center> +<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a> +<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a> +<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a> +<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a> +<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a> +<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a> +<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a> +<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a> +<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a> +<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a> +<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a> +Glossary +</center> +<hr> + +<center> +<h1>HDF5 Glossary</h1> +</center> + +<i>(<b>Under construction!</b> + This is the bare beginning of a Glossary to accompany the HDF5 documentation; + it is by no means complete.)</i> + +<ol type=A> + <li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">Basic Types</a> + <li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">Complex Types</a> + <li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">Disk I/O Types</a> +</ol> + +<P>Since many of the typedefs in the HDF5 API are not well-defined yet, +the types below may change radically en route to a final API... + +<hr> + +<a name="Glossary-Basic">Basic Types:</a> +<ul> + <li>char - 8-bit character (only for ASCII information) + <li>int8 - 8-bit signed integer + <li>uint8 - 8-bit unsigned integer + <li>int16 - 16-bit signed integer + <li>uint16 - 16-bit unsigned integer + <li>int32 - 32-bit signed integer + <li>uint32 - 32-bit unsigned integer + <li>intn - "native" signed integer + <li>uintn - "native" unsigned integer + <li>int64 - 64-bit signed integer (new) + <li>uint64 - 64-bit unsigned integer (new) + <li>float32 - 32-bit IEEE float + <li>float64 - 64-bit IEEE float +</ul> + +<a name="Glossary-Complex">Complex Types:</a> +<ul> + <li>hid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer used as ID for memory objects + <li>hoid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer (currently) used as ID for disk-based + objects + <li>hbool_t - boolean to indicate true/false/error codes from functions + <li>herr_t - 32-bit integer to indicate succeed/fail codes from functions +</ul> + +<a name="Glossary-DiskIO">Disk I/O Types:</a> +<ul> + <li>hoff_t - (64-bit?) offset on disk in bytes + <li>hlen_t - (64-bit?) length on disk in bytes +</ul> + +<hr> +<center> +<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a> +<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a> +<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a> +<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a> +<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a> +<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a> +<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a> +<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a> +<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a> +<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a> +<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a> +Glossary +</center> +<hr> + +<address> +<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a> + +<br> +Last modified: 14 July 1998 + +</body> +</html> |