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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
3 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
4 %general-entities;
5]>
6<appendix id="appendixb" xreflabel="Appendix B">
7<?dbhtml dir="appendixb"?>
8<title/>
9<?dbhtml filename="acronymlist.html"?>
10
11<sect1 id="appendixb-acronymlist">
12<title>Acronyms and terms</title>
13
14<variablelist>
15<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
16
17<varlistentry>
18<term><command>ABI</command></term><listitem><para>Application Binary Interface</para></listitem>
19</varlistentry>
20
21<varlistentry>
22<term><command>ALFS</command></term><listitem><para>Automated Linux From Scratch</para></listitem>
23</varlistentry>
24
25<varlistentry>
26<term><command>ALSA</command></term><listitem><para>Advanced Linux
27Sound Architecture</para></listitem>
28</varlistentry>
29
30<varlistentry>
31<term><command>API</command></term><listitem><para>Application
32Programming Interface</para></listitem>
33</varlistentry>
34
35<varlistentry>
36<term><command>ASCII</command></term><listitem><para>American Standard
37Code for Information Interchange</para></listitem>
38</varlistentry>
39
40<varlistentry>
41<term><command>BIOS</command></term><listitem><para>Basic Input/Output
42System</para></listitem>
43</varlistentry>
44
45<varlistentry>
46<term><command>BLFS</command></term><listitem><para>Beyond Linux From
47Scratch</para></listitem>
48</varlistentry>
49
50<varlistentry>
51<term><command>BSD</command></term><listitem><para>Berkeley Software
52Distribution</para></listitem>
53</varlistentry>
54
55<varlistentry>
56<term><command>chroot</command></term><listitem><para>change root</para></listitem>
57</varlistentry>
58
59<varlistentry>
60<term><command>CMOS</command></term><listitem><para>Complementary
61Metal Oxide Semiconductor</para></listitem>
62</varlistentry>
63
64<varlistentry>
65<term><command>COS</command></term>
66<listitem><para>Class Of Service</para></listitem>
67</varlistentry>
68
69<varlistentry>
70<term><command>CPU</command></term>
71<listitem><para>Central Processing Unit</para></listitem>
72</varlistentry>
73
74<varlistentry>
75<term><command>CRC</command></term>
76<listitem><para>Cyclic Redundancy Check</para></listitem>
77</varlistentry>
78
79<varlistentry>
80<term><command>CVS</command></term>
81<listitem><para>Concurrent Versions System</para></listitem>
82</varlistentry>
83
84<varlistentry>
85<term><command>DHCP</command></term>
86<listitem><para>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol</para></listitem>
87</varlistentry>
88
89<varlistentry>
90<term><command>DNS</command></term>
91<listitem><para>Domain Name Service</para></listitem>
92</varlistentry>
93
94<varlistentry>
95<term><command>EGA</command></term>
96<listitem><para>Enhanced Graphics Adapter</para></listitem>
97</varlistentry>
98
99<varlistentry>
100<term><command>ELF</command></term>
101<listitem><para>Executable and Linkable Format</para></listitem>
102</varlistentry>
103
104<varlistentry>
105<term><command>EOF</command></term>
106<listitem><para>End Of File</para></listitem>
107</varlistentry>
108
109<varlistentry>
110<term><command>EQN</command></term>
111<listitem><para>equation</para></listitem>
112</varlistentry>
113
114<varlistentry>
115<term><command>EVMS</command></term>
116<listitem><para>Enterprise Volume Management System</para></listitem>
117</varlistentry>
118
119<varlistentry>
120<term><command>ext2</command></term>
121<listitem><para>second extended file system</para></listitem>
122</varlistentry>
123
124<varlistentry>
125<term><command>FAQ</command></term>
126<listitem><para>Frequently Asked Questions</para></listitem>
127</varlistentry>
128
129<varlistentry>
130<term><command>FHS</command></term>
131<listitem><para>Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</para></listitem>
132</varlistentry>
133
134<varlistentry>
135<term><command>FIFO</command></term>
136<listitem><para>First-In, First Out</para></listitem>
137</varlistentry>
138
139<varlistentry>
140<term><command>FQDN</command></term>
141<listitem><para>Fully Qualified Domain Name</para></listitem>
142</varlistentry>
143
144<varlistentry>
145<term><command>FTP</command></term>
146<listitem><para>File Transfer Protocol</para></listitem>
147</varlistentry>
148
149<varlistentry>
150<term><command>GB</command></term>
151<listitem><para>Gibabytes</para></listitem>
152</varlistentry>
153
154<varlistentry>
155<term><command>GCC</command></term>
156<listitem><para>GNU Compiler Collection</para></listitem>
157</varlistentry>
158
159<varlistentry>
160<term><command>GID</command></term>
161<listitem><para>Group Identifier</para></listitem>
162</varlistentry>
163
164<varlistentry>
165<term><command>GMT</command></term>
166<listitem><para>Greenwich Mean Time</para></listitem>
167</varlistentry>
168
169<varlistentry>
170<term><command>GPG</command></term>
171<listitem><para>GNU Privacy Guard</para></listitem>
172</varlistentry>
173
174<varlistentry>
175<term><command>HTML</command></term>
176<listitem><para>Hypertext Markup Language</para></listitem>
177</varlistentry>
178
179<varlistentry>
180<term><command>IDE</command></term>
181<listitem><para>Integrated Drive Electronics</para></listitem>
182</varlistentry>
183
184<varlistentry>
185<term><command>IEEE</command></term>
186<listitem><para>Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers</para></listitem>
187</varlistentry>
188
189<varlistentry>
190<term><command>IO</command></term>
191<listitem><para>Input/Output</para></listitem>
192</varlistentry>
193
194<varlistentry>
195<term><command>IP</command></term>
196<listitem><para>Internet Protocol</para></listitem>
197</varlistentry>
198
199<varlistentry>
200<term><command>IPC</command></term>
201<listitem><para>Inter-Process Communication</para></listitem>
202</varlistentry>
203
204<varlistentry>
205<term><command>IRC</command></term>
206<listitem><para>Internet Relay Chat</para></listitem>
207</varlistentry>
208
209<varlistentry>
210<term><command>ISO</command></term>
211<listitem><para>International Organization for Standardization</para></listitem>
212</varlistentry>
213
214<varlistentry>
215<term><command>ISP</command></term>
216<listitem><para>Internet Service Provider</para></listitem>
217</varlistentry>
218
219<varlistentry>
220<term><command>KB</command></term>
221<listitem><para>Kilobytes</para></listitem>
222</varlistentry>
223
224<varlistentry>
225<term><command>LED</command></term>
226<listitem><para>Light Emitting Diode</para></listitem>
227</varlistentry>
228
229<varlistentry>
230<term><command>LFS</command></term>
231<listitem><para>Linux From Scratch</para></listitem>
232</varlistentry>
233
234<varlistentry>
235<term><command>LSB</command></term>
236<listitem><para>Linux Standards Base</para></listitem>
237</varlistentry>
238
239<varlistentry>
240<term><command>MB</command></term>
241<listitem><para>Megabytes</para></listitem>
242</varlistentry>
243
244<varlistentry>
245<term><command>MBR</command></term>
246<listitem><para>Master Boot Record</para></listitem>
247</varlistentry>
248
249<varlistentry>
250<term><command>MD5</command></term>
251<listitem><para>Message Digest 5</para></listitem>
252</varlistentry>
253
254<varlistentry>
255<term><command>NIC</command></term>
256<listitem><para>Network Interface Card</para></listitem>
257</varlistentry>
258
259<varlistentry>
260<term><command>NLS</command></term>
261<listitem><para>Native Language Support</para></listitem>
262</varlistentry>
263
264<varlistentry>
265<term><command>NNTP</command></term>
266<listitem><para>Network News Transport Protocol</para></listitem>
267</varlistentry>
268
269<varlistentry>
270<term><command>NPTL</command></term>
271<listitem><para>Native POSIX Threading Library</para></listitem>
272</varlistentry>
273
274<varlistentry>
275<term><command>OSS</command></term>
276<listitem><para>Open Sound System</para></listitem>
277</varlistentry>
278
279<varlistentry>
280<term><command>PCH</command></term>
281<listitem><para>Pre-Compiled Headers</para></listitem>
282</varlistentry>
283
284<varlistentry>
285<term><command>PCRE</command></term>
286<listitem><para>Perl Compatible Regular Expression</para></listitem>
287</varlistentry>
288
289<varlistentry>
290<term><command>PID</command></term>
291<listitem><para>Process Identifier</para></listitem>
292</varlistentry>
293
294<varlistentry>
295<term><command>PLFS</command></term>
296<listitem><para>Pure Linux From Scratch</para></listitem>
297</varlistentry>
298
299<varlistentry>
300<term><command>PTY</command></term>
301<listitem><para>pseudo terminal</para></listitem>
302</varlistentry>
303
304<varlistentry>
305<term><command>QA</command></term>
306<listitem><para>Quality Assurance</para></listitem>
307</varlistentry>
308
309<varlistentry>
310<term><command>QOS</command></term>
311<listitem><para>Quality Of Service</para></listitem>
312</varlistentry>
313
314<varlistentry>
315<term><command>RAM</command></term>
316<listitem><para>Random Access Memory</para></listitem>
317</varlistentry>
318
319<varlistentry>
320<term><command>RPC</command></term>
321<listitem><para>Remote Procedure Call</para></listitem>
322</varlistentry>
323
324<varlistentry>
325<term><command>RTC</command></term>
326<listitem><para>Real Time Clock</para></listitem>
327</varlistentry>
328
329<varlistentry>
330<term><command>SBU</command></term>
331<listitem><para>Static Binutils Unit</para></listitem>
332</varlistentry>
333
334<varlistentry>
335<term><command>SCO</command></term>
336<listitem><para>The Santa Cruz Operation</para></listitem>
337</varlistentry>
338
339<varlistentry>
340<term><command>SGR</command></term>
341<listitem><para>Select Graphic Rendition</para></listitem>
342</varlistentry>
343
344<varlistentry>
345<term><command>SHA1</command></term>
346<listitem><para>Secure-Hash Algorithm 1</para></listitem>
347</varlistentry>
348
349<varlistentry>
350<term><command>SMP</command></term>
351<listitem><para>Symmetric Multi-Processor</para></listitem>
352</varlistentry>
353
354<varlistentry>
355<term><command>TLDP</command></term>
356<listitem><para>The Linux Documentation Project</para></listitem>
357</varlistentry>
358
359<varlistentry>
360<term><command>TFTP</command></term>
361<listitem><para>Trivial File Transfer Protocol</para></listitem>
362</varlistentry>
363
364<varlistentry>
365<term><command>TLS</command></term>
366<listitem><para>Thread-Local Storage</para></listitem>
367</varlistentry>
368
369<varlistentry>
370<term><command>UID</command></term>
371<listitem><para>User Identifier</para></listitem>
372</varlistentry>
373
374<varlistentry>
375<term><command>umask</command></term>
376<listitem><para>user file-creation mask</para></listitem>
377</varlistentry>
378
379<varlistentry>
380<term><command>USB</command></term>
381<listitem><para>Universal Serial Bus</para></listitem>
382</varlistentry>
383
384<varlistentry>
385<term><command>UTC</command></term>
386<listitem><para>Coordinated Universal Time</para></listitem>
387</varlistentry>
388
389<varlistentry>
390<term><command>UUID</command></term>
391<listitem><para>Universally Unique Identifier</para></listitem>
392</varlistentry>
393
394<varlistentry>
395<term><command>VC</command></term>
396<listitem><para>Virtual Console</para></listitem>
397</varlistentry>
398
399<varlistentry>
400<term><command>VGA</command></term>
401<listitem><para>Video Graphics Array</para></listitem>
402</varlistentry>
403
404<varlistentry>
405<term><command>VT</command></term>
406<listitem><para>Virtual Terminal</para></listitem>
407</varlistentry>
408
409</variablelist>
410
411</sect1>
412
413</appendix>
414
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