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<sect1 id="appendixa-acronymlist">
<title>Acronyms and terms</title>

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<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ABI</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Application Binary Interface</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ALFS</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Automated Linux From Scratch</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ALSA</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Advanced Linux
Sound Architecture</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">API</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Application
Programming Interface</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ASCII</emphasis></term><listitem><para>American Standard
Code for Information Interchange</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">BIOS</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Basic Input/Output
System</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">BLFS</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Beyond Linux From
Scratch</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">BSD</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Berkeley Software
Distribution</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">chroot</emphasis></term><listitem><para>change root</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">CMOS</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Complementary
Metal Oxide Semiconductor</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">COS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Class Of Service</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">CPU</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Central Processing Unit</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">CRC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Cyclic Redundancy Check</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">CVS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Concurrent Versions System</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">DHCP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">DNS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Domain Name Service</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">EGA</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Enhanced Graphics Adapter</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ELF</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Executable and Linkable Format</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">EOF</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>End Of File</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">EQN</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>equation</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">EVMS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Enterprise Volume Management System</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ext2</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>second extended file system</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">FAQ</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Frequently Asked Questions</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">FHS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">FIFO</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>First-In, First Out</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">FQDN</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Fully Qualified Domain Name</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">FTP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>File Transfer Protocol</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">GB</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Gibabytes</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">GCC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>GNU Compiler Collection</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">GID</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Group Identifier</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">GMT</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Greenwich Mean Time</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">GPG</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>GNU Privacy Guard</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">HTML</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Hypertext Markup Language</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">IDE</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Integrated Drive Electronics</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">IEEE</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">IO</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Input/Output</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">IP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Internet Protocol</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">IPC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Inter-Process Communication</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">IRC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Internet Relay Chat</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ISO</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>International Organization for Standardization</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">ISP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Internet Service Provider</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">KB</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Kilobytes</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">LED</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Light Emitting Diode</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">LFS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Linux From Scratch</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">LSB</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Linux Standards Base</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">MB</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Megabytes</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">MBR</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Master Boot Record</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">MD5</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Message Digest 5</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">NIC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Network Interface Card</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">NLS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Native Language Support</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">NNTP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Network News Transport Protocol</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">NPTL</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Native POSIX Threading Library</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">OSS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Open Sound System</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">PCH</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Pre-Compiled Headers</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">PCRE</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Perl Compatible Regular Expression</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">PID</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Process Identifier</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">PLFS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Pure Linux From Scratch</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">PTY</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>pseudo terminal</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">QA</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Quality Assurance</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">QOS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Quality Of Service</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">RAM</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Random Access Memory</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">RPC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Remote Procedure Call</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">RTC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Real Time Clock</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">SBU</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Static Binutils Unit</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">SCO</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>The Santa Cruz Operation</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">SGR</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Select Graphic Rendition</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">SHA1</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Secure-Hash Algorithm 1</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">SMP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Symmetric Multi-Processor</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">TLDP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>The Linux Documentation Project</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">TFTP</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Trivial File Transfer Protocol</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">TLS</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Thread-Local Storage</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">UID</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>User Identifier</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">umask</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>user file-creation mask</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">USB</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Universal Serial Bus</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">UTC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Coordinated Universal Time</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">UUID</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Universally Unique Identifier</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">VC</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Virtual Console</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">VGA</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Video Graphics Array</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">VT</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>Virtual Terminal</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect1>

</appendix>