SEGA SATURN DEVELOPER'S MANUAL

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Table 3.2 List of abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning	Description
GFS	general file system	file system
STM	stream	stream
StmGrpHn	stream group handle	Stream group operation handle
StmHn	stream handle	Handle for stream operation
TrMode	transfer mode	Transfer Mode
bn	buffer number	buffer partition number
ci	coding information	coding information
cn	chanel number	channel number
fad	frame address	frame address
fid	file ID	file identifier
fn	file number	file number
fname	file name	file name
frange	fad range	Playback range (frame address range )
loopstm	loop stream	Loop start stream
sinfo	sector information	Sector information
sm	sub mode	submode

Other terms are based on the CD communication interface and file system.
For details on the
directory, refer to the “Directory Operations” chapter in “File System Library”.

3.2 Name restrictions

The stream system library uses the following names as function names, variable names, type names, and macro names.
Function name, variable name ST ~ and st ~
Model name St ~
Macro name ST ~
The following global symbols are used for the libraries required to use the stream system library.

Table 3.3 Symbol names of each library

Library name

Symbol used

File system
GF ~, gf ~, Gf ~

CD communication interface

CD ~, cd ~, Cd ~

Library name	Symbol used
File system	GF ~, gf ~, Gf ~
CD communication interface	CD ~, cd ~, Cd ~

∙ Application programs must not use these symbols.

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