<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
Arm	B-Device
Image	I-Device
Format	I-Device
(	O
AIF	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
object	B-Application
file	I-Application
format	I-Application
used	O
primarily	O
for	O
software	O
intended	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
ARM	B-Architecture
microprocessors	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
by	O
Acorn	O
Computers	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
their	O
Archimedes	B-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
can	O
be	O
either	O
executable	B-Application
or	O
non-executable	O
and	O
is	O
loaded	O
at	O
0x8000	O
unless	O
otherwise	O
specified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Executable	B-Application
files	I-Application
can	O
relocate	O
themselves	O
if	O
necessary	O
and	O
non-executable	O
files	O
are	O
prepared	O
for	O
execution	O
by	O
an	O
image	O
loader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
extended	O
AIF	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
non-executable	O
which	O
includes	O
information	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
placement	O
of	O
code	O
and	O
data	O
within	O
specific	O
areas	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
includes	O
a	O
header	B-General_Concept
and	O
separate	O
areas	O
of	O
read-only	O
and	O
read-write	O
code/data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
header	B-General_Concept
includes	O
information	O
about	O
self-relocation	O
,	O
entry	B-Language
point	I-Language
,	O
exit	O
instruction	O
,	O
area	O
sizes	O
and	O
locations	O
,	O
debug	O
type	O
,	O
addressing	B-Language
mode	I-Language
and	O
memory	O
placement	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
the	O
extended	O
file	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
allocation	O
was	O
later	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
header	B-General_Concept
to	O
mark	O
executables	B-Application
as	O
being	O
"	O
StrongARM-ready	O
"	O
,	O
to	O
address	O
some	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
for	O
debugging	O
under	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
using	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
Windowing	O
Debugger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
MMLite	O
modular	O
system	O
architecture	O
supports	O
the	O
loading	O
of	O
various	O
image	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
AIF	B-Device
files	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Porting	O
of	O
Wind	O
River	O
Systems	O
 '	O
VxWorks	B-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
to	O
the	O
StrongARM	B-Device
EBSA-285	O
board	O
involved	O
using	O
AIF	B-Device
files	I-Device
.	O
</s>
