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ABEL
Advanced Boolean Expression Language. Data I/O provides the ABEL compiler
for Foundation. 
An EDA vendor. Aldec provides the Foundation Project Manager
,Schematic
Editor, Logic Simulator,
HDL Editor,
and State Editor
. 
EDIF
Electronic Design Interchange Format.  An industry standard netlist
format. 
FPGA Express
Synopsys VHDL and Verilog compiler included with Foundation F2.1i. 
HDL
Hardware Description Language. 
HDL Editor
Foundation's editor for ABEL and VHDL. The HDL Editor
also provides a syntax checker, language templates, and access to the XABEL
and synthesis tools. 
IEEE (pronounced "I triple-E")
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 
Logiblox
Blocks of Logic Optimized for Xilinx for M1. A GUI-based tool where generic
bus-width-independent symbols such as counters, adders, and data registers
are used to implement architecture-optimized functions. 
Logic Simulator
Foundation's gate-level simulator, provided by Aldec. 
 
PDF file
Project Description File. The PDF file contains library and other project-specific
information. Not to be confused with an Adobe Acrobat document with the
same extension. 
Project Manager
Foundation's main environment, provided by Aldec.
The Project Manager guides the user through the design flow and manages
source files. 
Schematic Editor
Foundation's schematic editor, provided by Aldec. 
State Editor
Foundation's finite state machine editor, provided by Aldec. 
VHDL
VHSIC Hardware Description Language. An industry standard
(IEEE 1076.1) HDL. Recognizable
as a file with a .VHD extension. 
VHSIC
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit. 
XNF
Xilinx Netlist Format. 
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