<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> <ul> <li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic data types</a> <li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex data types</a> <li>data types <ul> <li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic data types</a> <li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex data types</a> <li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="Glossary-Basic">basic data types:</a> <ul> <li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to Release 1.2.)</em> <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 data types:</a> <ul> <li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to Release 1.2.)</em> <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 data types:</a> <ul> <li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to Release 1.2.)</em> <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>