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1.3 Glossary
This section gives a brief definition of acronyms and abbreviations used in this document:
• Sector: 32 pages write protection granularity in the Code area
• Page: 32 words for Code and System Memory areas, 1 word for Data, Factory Option
and User Option areas
• Word: data of 32-bit length.
• Half-word: data of 16-bit length.
• Byte: data of 8-bit length.
• IAP (in-application programming): IAP is the ability to re-program the Flash memory
of a microcontroller while the user program is running.
• ICP (in-circuit programming): ICP is the ability to program the Flash memory of a
microcontroller using the JTAG protocol, the SWD protocol or the bootloader while the
device is mounted on the user application board.
• Option bytes: product configuration bits stored in the Flash memory.
• OBL: option byte loader.
• AHB: advanced high-performance bus.
• NVM: non-volatile memory.
• ECC: error code correction.
• DMA: direct memory access.
• MIF: NVM interface.
• PCROP: proprietary code readout protection.
1.4 Availability of peripherals
For availability of peripherals and their number across all sales types, refer to the particular
device datasheet.
1.5 Product category definition
Table 1 gives an overview of memory density versus product line.
The present reference manual describes the superset of features for each product line,
Refer to Table 2 for the list of features per category.