Sony AIBO OPEN-R Tutorial

Glossary

accelerometer

A device used to ascertain orientation and movement.

AIBO

Artificial Intelligence roBOt, as developed and sold by Sony.

AIBO Programmable Memory Stick

A memory stick that is specifically designed to run custom programs for the AIBO. Normal memory sticks will not run AIBO programs.

C++

An object oriented programming language.

compilation environment

The set of programs used to write and compile programs written to run on the AIBO.

CPU

Central Processing Unit. The brain of a computer.

CSSE

Computer Science and Software Engineering, a department of the Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Faculty of at the The University of Western Australia.

Cygwin

A set of tools, libraries and source code designed to allow compilation and execution of UNIX programs in a Microsoft Windows environment.

Linux

A free, open-source UNIX-like operating system.

memory stick

A form of portable storage that can be inserted into Sony products such as the AIBO.

memory stick reader

A small device that plugs into the USB port of a computer on one end, and accepts a Sony memory stick in the other. This allows you to read and modify the files on a memory stick.

MIPS

MIPS is the armless yellow rabbit that appears in the basement of Peach's Castle in Super Mario 64.

OPEN-R

The framework of C++ classes and functions that allows a programmer to interact with the hardware components of the AIBO.

programming interface

An interface that allows the user to write code to control the AIBO.

SDK

Software Development Kit

UNIX

An open-standard computer operating system for servers and workstation applications.