HCK API Glossary
This section provides definitions of commonly used words or terms in the Windows Hardware Certification Kit (Windows HCK) API.
c
certification content
Certification content is the set of tests to run for each requirement (that is, the collection of tests, test binaries, media files, and anything else that's associated with a test) for certification.
d
device ID
The device ID is a string value that uniquely identifies a device on a specific computer.
f
feature
A feature is a property, interface, or implementation of a target.
For devices, a feature can be, for example, a device that's connected via USB, or one that has a kernel-mode driver, or one that exposes a network interface.
For systems, a feature can be the number and type of processors, whether it has Bluetooth connectivity, or whether it supports suspended states.
feature set
A feature set is the collection of features that a specific target exposes.
h
hardware ID
The hardware ID is a collection of string values that should provide the information to verify whether a driver should be loaded for a device.
l
logical machine set
A logical machine set (LMS) is a collection of computers where each computer is assigned a specific role. You use an LMS when you're scheduling a job that runs across several computers.
p
platform
A platform is represented by the OSPlatform class. OSPlatform defines the specific operating system and architecture of a computer, and whether a computer is a client or server.
product
A product consists of all the targets that you include in a certification submission.
t
target
A target is a device, driver (or filter driver), system, or object that you can query for properties by using the Windows HCK API. The Target class represents a single target. The TargetFamily class represents a group of test targets.
Each target is unique to the computer that it's on. It's assumed that the target will persist on its computer between reboots.
A typical certification submission has multiple targets that use instances of hardware from several platforms.
target data
The TargetData class is a dynamic representation of what's available on a computer, and it can't be tested. TargetData elements can change as hardware is added or removed from the test computer, or in response to system events, power management, load conditions, and other conditions.
TargetData is enumerated by the computer under test. TargetData can change as hardware is added or removed from the test computer.
You select a TargetData object to test, and that object is passed to the TargetFamiley.CreateTarget(TargetData) method to create a Target object.
target ID
The target ID is a string key that identifies a target on a computer. If the target is a DevNode, the target ID can be the device instance ID. For an application, the target ID can be a .msi GUID.
test set
A test set consists of one or more tests.