SetupDesignGuide.pdf - Firmware Encoding Index

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RTC: Real Time Clock. The piece of hardware often used to store a system’s date and time
settings.
Shifted Unicode: This represents the Unicode value of a key when the shift modifier key is being
held down. For instance, key C1 is equated to an ‘a’ and it’s Unicode value in the typical U.K.
keyboard is a non-shifted value of 0x0061, however when the shift key is held down in conjunction
with the pressing of key C1 the value on the same keyboard often produces an ‘A’ which is a
Unicode 0x0041.STRING: A null-terminated ordered list of 16-bit Unicode characters.
TAG: A term used to refer to a directive.
VFR: Visual Forms Representation. This is the source code format that is used by developers to
create a user interface with varying pieces of data and/or questions. This would later be compiled
into a binary encoding.
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