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Glossary Term

Calling Convention

The ABI contract specifying how arguments, return values, and registers are passed between functions.

System V AMD64 (rdi, rsi, rdx...) governs Linux and macOS; AAPCS64 governs ARM. Every FFI, debugger, and stack trace depends on these rules.

Related Terms

Call Stack CPU Register ABI

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x86-64 Calling Conventions ARM Registers: x0-x30, sp, lr, pc Call C Library from Rust x86 Assembly Generation Use BIOS Interrupts to Read Keyboard Input and Display Text Return Oriented Programming: When the Stack Fights Back