Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:10:18 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 Message-ID: <k32gaa$dnl$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <7FB6587CC36F4140A852E74D9DFE4512@yahoo.com> <k32c0g$ao5$1@ger.gmane.org> <44ECA0421F9A4C5A826B76AFE629A2EA@yahoo.com>
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Laszlo Danielisz wrote: > Great Mike, > May I ask what is ABI? > ABI is short for Application Binary Interface, and is a low-level interface between programs and the operating system [kernel] they run on. You may have seen API as well - short for Application Programming Interface. This generally/usually is relevant to programs talking to other programs. In FreeBSD, if changes to the ABI are deemed necessary, this will generally serve as a demarcation point between one major version revision and the next one coming along, e.g 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, and so on. -Mike
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