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<glossary xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" status="draft" xml:id="freebsd-glossary">
  <title>Glossario di &os;</title>

  <para>Questo glossario contiene i termini e gli acronimi usati nella
    comunità e documentazione di &os;.</para>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>A</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ACL</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="acl-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ACPI</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="acpi-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>AMD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="amd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>AML</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="aml-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>APIC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="apic-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>APM</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="apm-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>APOP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="apop-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ASL</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="asl-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ATA</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ata-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ATM</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="atm-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="aml-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Machine Language</glossterm>
      <acronym>AML</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Pseudocodice, interpretato da una macchina virtuale
          all&apos;interno di un sistema operativo con funzionalità
          <acronym>ACPI</acronym>, che fornisce uno strato tra
          l&apos;hardware sottostante e l&apos;interfaccia messa a disposizione
          al <acronym>OS</acronym>.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="asl-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Source Language</glossterm>
      <acronym>ASL</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Il linguaggio di programmazione con cui <acronym>AML</acronym>
          è scritto.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="acl-glossary">
      <glossterm>Access Control List</glossterm>
      <acronym>ACL</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="acpi-glossary">
      <glossterm>Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</glossterm>
      <acronym>ACPI</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Una specifica che fornisce un&apos;astrazione dell&apos;interfaccia
          hardware fornita al sistema operativo, in modo tale che il sistema
          operativo possa gestire l&apos;hardware sottostante senza conoscerne i
          dettagli.  <acronym>ACPI</acronym> gestisce e rimpiazza le
          funzionalità fornite da <acronym>APM</acronym>,
          <acronym>PNPBIOS</acronym> e altre tecnologie, e fornisce alcune
          utilità per controllare il risparmio di energia, la sospensione
          della macchina, l&apos;abilitazione e disabilitazione dei dispositivi,
          e altro ancora.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="apm-glossary">
      <glossterm>Advanced Power Management</glossterm>
      <acronym>APM</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="apic-glossary">
      <glossterm>Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller</glossterm>
      <acronym>APIC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ata-glossary">
      <glossterm>Advanced Technology Attachment</glossterm>
      <acronym>ATA</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="atm-glossary">
      <glossterm>Asynchronous Transfer Mode</glossterm>
      <acronym>ATM</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="apop-glossary">
      <glossterm>Authenticated Post Office Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>APOP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="amd-glossary">
      <glossterm>Automatic Mount Daemon</glossterm>
      <acronym>AMD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un demone che monta automaticamente un filesystem quando si
          cerca di accedere a un file o una directory all&apos;interno di quel
          filesystem.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>B</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>BIND</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="bind-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>BIOS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="bios-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>BSD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="bsd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="bios-glossary">
      <glossterm>Basic Input/Output System</glossterm>
      <acronym>BIOS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="bind-glossary">
      <glossterm>Berkeley Internet Name Domain</glossterm>
      <acronym>BIND</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="bsd-glossary">
      <glossterm>Berkeley Software Distribution</glossterm>
      <acronym>BSD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Questo è il nome che il Computer Systems Research Group
          (CSRG) all&apos;<link xlink:href="http://www.berkeley.edu">Università
          della California a Berkeley</link> diede ai loro miglioramenti e
          alle loro modifiche al sistema &unix; AT&amp;T&apos;s 32V.
          &os; è un discendente del lavoro del CSRG.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="bikeshed-glossary">
      <glossterm>Bikeshed Building</glossterm>
      <glossdef subject="FreeBSD">
        <para>Il fenomeno per cui molte persone danno la loro opinione su un
          argomento non complicato, mentre un argomento più complesso
          riceve poca o nessuna considerazione.  Guarda le <link xlink:href="&url.books.faq.en;/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING">FAQ</link>
          per l&apos;origine del termine.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>C</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>CD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="cd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>CHAP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="chap-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>CLIP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="clip-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>COFF</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="coff-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>CPU</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="cpu-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>CTS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="cts-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>CVS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="cvs-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="cd-glossary">
      <glossterm>Carrier Detect</glossterm>
      <acronym>CD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>An RS232C signal indicating that a carrier has been
          detected.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="cpu-glossary">
      <glossterm>Central Processing Unit</glossterm>
      <acronym>CPU</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="chap-glossary">
      <glossterm>Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>CHAP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="clip-glossary">
      <glossterm>Classical <acronym>IP</acronym> over <acronym>ATM</acronym></glossterm>
      <acronym>CLIP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="cts-glossary">
      <glossterm>Clear To Send</glossterm>
      <acronym>CTS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un segnale RS232C che dà al sistema remoto il permesso di
          inviare dati.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="coff-glossary">
      <glossterm>Common Object File Format</glossterm>
      <acronym>COFF</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="cvs-glossary">
      <glossterm>Concurrent Versions System</glossterm>
      <acronym>CVS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>D</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DAC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="dac-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DDB</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ddb-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DES</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="des-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DHCP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="dhcp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DNS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="dns-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DSDT</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="dsdt-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DSR</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="dsr-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DTR</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="dtr-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>DVMRP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="dvmrp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="dac-glossary">
      <glossterm>Discretionary Access Control</glossterm>
      <acronym>DAC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="des-glossary">
      <glossterm>Data Encryption Standard</glossterm>
      <acronym>DES</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="dsr-glossary">
      <glossterm>Data Set Ready</glossterm>
      <acronym>DSR</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="dtr-glossary">
      <glossterm>Data Terminal Ready</glossterm>
      <acronym>DTR</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ddb-glossary">
      <glossterm>Debugger</glossterm>
      <acronym>DDB</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="dsdt-glossary">
      <glossterm>Differentiated System Description Table</glossterm>
      <acronym>DSDT</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="dvmrp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>DVMRP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="dns-glossary">
      <glossterm>Domain Name System</glossterm>
      <acronym>DNS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="dhcp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>DHCP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>E</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ECOFF</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ecoff-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ELF</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="elf-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ESP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="esp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="esp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Encapsulated Security Payload</glossterm>
      <acronym>ESP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="elf-glossary">
      <glossterm>Executable and Linking Format</glossterm>
      <acronym>ELF</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ecoff-glossary">
      <glossterm>Extended <acronym>COFF</acronym></glossterm>
      <acronym>ECOFF</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>F</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>FADT</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="fadt-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>FAT</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="fat-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>FAT16</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="fat16-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>FTP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ftp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="fat-glossary">
      <glossterm>File Allocation Table</glossterm>
      <acronym>FAT</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="fat16-glossary">
      <glossterm>File Allocation Table (16-bit)</glossterm>
      <acronym>FAT16</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ftp-glossary">
      <glossterm>File Transfer Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>FTP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="fadt-glossary">
      <glossterm>Fixed <acronym>ACPI</acronym> Description Table</glossterm>
      <acronym>FADT</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>G</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>GUI</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="gui-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="giant-glossary">
      <glossterm>Giant</glossterm>
      <glossdef subject="FreeBSD">
        <para>Il nome di un meccanismo di mutua esclusione (uno <literal>sleep
            mutex</literal>) che protegge un grosso insieme di risorse del
          kernel.  Sebbene un semplice meccanismo di locking era adeguato nei
          giorni in cui una macchina poteva avere solo qualche dozzina di
          processi, una scheda di rete, e certamente un solo processore, nei
          tempi attuali è un inaccettabile collo di bottiglia per le
          prestazioni. Gli sviluppatori di &os; stanno lavorando attivamente
          per sostituirlo con dei lock che proteggono le singole risorse, in
          modo tale da permettere un grado molto piu&apos; alto di parallelismo sia
          per macchine a singolo processore che per quelle multi
          processore.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="gui-glossary">
      <glossterm>Graphical User Interface</glossterm>
      <acronym>GUI</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un sistema dove l&apos;utente e il computer interagiscono con la
          grafica.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>H</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>HTML</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="html-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>HUP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="hup-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="hup-glossary">
      <glossterm>HangUp</glossterm>
      <acronym>HUP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="html-glossary">
      <glossterm>HyperText Markup Language</glossterm>
      <acronym>HTML</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Il linguaggio di marcazione usato per creare le pagine web.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>I</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>I/O</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="io-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>IASL</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="iasl-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>IMAP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="imap-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>IP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ip-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>IPFW</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ipfw-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>IPP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ipp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>IPv4</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ipv4-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>IPv6</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ipv6-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ISP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="isp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ipfw-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Firewall</glossterm>
      <acronym>IPFW</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ipv4-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 4</glossterm>
      <acronym>IPv4</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ipv6-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 6</glossterm>
      <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="io-glossary">
      <glossterm>Input/Output</glossterm>
      <acronym>I/O</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="iasl-glossary">
      <glossterm>Intel&rsquo;s <acronym>ASL</acronym> compiler</glossterm>
      <acronym>IASL</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Compilarore Intel&rsquo;s per convertire
          <acronym>ASL</acronym> in <acronym>AML</acronym>.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="imap-glossary">
      <glossterm>Internet Message Access Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ipp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Internet Printing Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>IPP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ip-glossary">
      <glossterm>Internet Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>IP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="isp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Internet Service Provider</glossterm>
      <acronym>ISP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>K</title>

    <glossentry xml:id="kame-glossary">
      <glossterm>KAME</glossterm>
      <glossdef>
        <para><quote>Tartaruga</quote> in giapponese, il termine KAME è
          usato nei circoli informatici per riferirsi al <link xlink:href="http://www.kame.net/">KAME Project</link>, che lavora su
          una implementazione di <acronym>IPv6</acronym>.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>KDC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="kdc-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>KLD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="kld-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>KSE</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="kse-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>KVA</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="kva-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>Kbps</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="kbps-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="kld-glossary">
      <glossterm>Kernel &man.ld.1;</glossterm>
      <acronym>KLD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="kse-glossary">
      <glossterm>Kernel Scheduler Entities</glossterm>
      <acronym>KSE</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un sistema di threading supportato dal kernel.  Guarda l&apos;<link xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/kse">home page del progetto</link> per
          ulteriori dettagli.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="kva-glossary">
      <glossterm>Kernel Virtual Address</glossterm>
      <acronym>KVA</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="kdc-glossary">
      <glossterm>Key Distribution Center</glossterm>
      <acronym>KDC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="kbps-glossary">
      <glossterm>Kilo Bits Per Second</glossterm>
      <acronym>Kbps</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>L</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>LAN</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="lan-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>LOR</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="lor-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>LPD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="lpd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="lpd-glossary">
      <glossterm>Line Printer Daemon</glossterm>
      <acronym>LPD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="lan-glossary">
      <glossterm>Local Area Network</glossterm>
      <acronym>LAN</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="lor-glossary">
      <glossterm>Lock Order Reversal</glossterm>
      <acronym>LOR</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Il kernel di &os; usa un certo numero di lock sulle risorse per
          arbitrare la contesa di queste risorse.  Un sistema di diagnostica
          dei lock a run-time è presente nei kernel di &os.current;
          (ma viene rimosso per le release), chiamato &man.witness.4;, e
          rileva la possibilità di deadlock dovuti ad errori di locking.
          (&man.witness.4; è in verità leggermente conservativo,
          quindi è possibili ottenere falsi positivi.)  Un report
          veramente positivo indica che <quote>se tu fossi stato sfortunato, un
          deadlock si sarebbe verificato qui</quote>.</para>

        <para>LOR veramente positivi tendono ad essere corretti velocemente,
          quindi controlla &a.current.url; e la pagina sui <link xlink:href="http://sources.zabbadoz.net/freebsd/lor.html">LOR
            Scoperti</link> prima di inviare un messaggio sulle mailing
          list.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>M</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MAC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="mac-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MADT</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="madt-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MFC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="mfc-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MFS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="mfs-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MIT</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="mit-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MLS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="mls-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MOTD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="motd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MTA</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="mta-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>MUA</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="mua-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="mta-glossary">
      <glossterm>Mail Transfer Agent</glossterm>
      <acronym>MTA</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="mua-glossary">
      <glossterm>Mail User Agent</glossterm>
      <acronym>MUA</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="mac-glossary">
      <glossterm>Mandatory Access Control</glossterm>
      <acronym>MAC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="mit-glossary">
      <glossterm>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</glossterm>
      <acronym>MIT</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="mfc-glossary">
      <glossterm>Merge From Current</glossterm>
      <acronym>MFC</acronym>
      <glossdef subject="FreeBSD">
        <para>Fondere una funzionalità o una patch dal ramo -CURRENT
          a un altro, quasi sempre -STABLE.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="mfs-glossary">
      <glossterm>Merge From Stable</glossterm>
      <acronym>MFS</acronym>
      <glossdef subject="FreeBSD">
        <para>Nel corso normale dello sviluppo di FreeBSD, una modifica
          sarà inserita nel ramo -CURRENT per i test prima di essere
          fusa nel ramo -STABLE.  In rare occasioni, una modifica andrà
          prima del ramo -STABLE e poi incorporata nel -CURRENT.</para>

        <para>Questo termine è anche usato quando una patch viene
          portata dal ramo -STABLE a un ramo di sicurezza.</para>
        <glossseealso otherterm="mfc-glossary"/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="motd-glossary">
      <glossterm>Message Of The Day</glossterm>
      <acronym>MOTD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un messaggio, usualmente mostrato dopo il login, e spesso
          utilizzato per dare alcune informazioni agli utenti del sistema.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="mls-glossary">
      <glossterm>Multi-Level Security</glossterm>
      <acronym>MLS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="madt-glossary">
      <glossterm>Multiple <acronym>APIC</acronym> Description Table</glossterm>
      <acronym>MADT</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>N</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>NAT</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="nat-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>NDISulator</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="projectevil-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>NFS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="nfs-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>NTFS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ntfs-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>NTP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ntp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="nat-glossary">
      <glossterm>Network Address Translation</glossterm>
      <acronym>NAT</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="nfs-glossary">
      <glossterm>Network File System</glossterm>
      <acronym>NFS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ntfs-glossary">
      <glossterm>New Technology File System</glossterm>
      <acronym>NTFS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un filesystem sviluppato dalla Microsoft e disponibile nei suoi
          sistemi operativi a <quote>Nuova Tecnologia</quote>, come
          &windows2k;, &windowsnt; e &windowsxp;.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ntp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Network Time Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>NTP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>O</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>OBE</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="obe-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>ODMR</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="odmr-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>OS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="os-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="odmr-glossary">
      <glossterm>On-Demand Mail Relay</glossterm>
      <acronym>ODMR</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="os-glossary">
      <glossterm>Operating System</glossterm>
      <acronym>OS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="obe-glossary">
      <glossterm>Overtaken By Events</glossterm>
      <acronym>OBE</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Indica una modifica consigliata (come un Report di Bug o una
          richiesta di miglioramento) che non è più rilevante o
          applicabile a causa di altre modifiche successive a &os;, modifiche
          agli standard di rete, obsolescenza dell&apos;hardware affetto, e
          così via.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>P</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PAE</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pae-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PAM</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pam-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PAP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pap-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pc-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PCNSFD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pcnfsd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PDF</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pdf-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PID</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pid-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>POLA</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pola-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>POP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pop-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>POP3</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pop3-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PPD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ppd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PPP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ppp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PPPoA</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pppoa-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PPPoE</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pppoe-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pppoa-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>PPP</acronym> over <acronym>ATM</acronym></glossterm>
      <acronym>PPPoA</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pppoe-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>PPP</acronym> over <acronym>Ethernet</acronym></glossterm>
      <acronym>PPPoE</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PR</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pr-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>PXE</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="pxe-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pap-glossary">
      <glossterm>Password Authentication Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>PAP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pc-glossary">
      <glossterm>Personal Computer</glossterm>
      <acronym>PC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pcnfsd-glossary">
      <glossterm>Personal Computer Network File System Daemon</glossterm>
      <acronym>PCNFSD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pae-glossary">
      <glossterm>Physical Address Extensions</glossterm>
      <acronym>PAE</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un metodo per abilitare l&apos;accesso fino a 64 GB di
          <acronym>RAM</acronym> sui sistemi che hanno fisicamente uno
          spazio di indirizzamento a 32-bit (e quindi con un limite
          di 4 GB senza PAE).</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pam-glossary">
      <glossterm>Pluggable Authentication Modules</glossterm>
      <acronym>PAM</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ppp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Point-to-Point Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>PPP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pointyhat-glossary">
      <glossterm>Pointy Hat</glossterm>
      <glossdef subject="FreeBSD">
        <para>Un mitico esemplare di copricapo, molto simile alle
          <literal>orecchie d&apos;asino</literal>, assegnato a ogni committer di
          &os; che rompe la compilazione, fa andare indietro i numeri di
          versione, o crea qualsiasi altro tipo di strage nel codice sorgente.
          Ogni committer degno del suo senno ne accumulerà presto una
          grande collezione.  L&apos;utilizzo è (quasi sempre?)
          umoristico.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pdf-glossary">
      <glossterm>Portable Document Format</glossterm>
      <acronym>PDF</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pop-glossary">
      <glossterm>Post Office Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>POP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pop3-glossary">
      <glossterm>Post Office Protocol Version 3</glossterm>
      <acronym>POP3</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ppd-glossary">
      <glossterm>PostScript Printer Description</glossterm>
      <acronym>PPD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pxe-glossary">
      <glossterm>Preboot eXecution Environment</glossterm>
      <acronym>PXE</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pola-glossary">
      <glossterm>Principle Of Least Astonishment</glossterm>
      <acronym>POLA</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Sebbene &os; si evolva, le modifiche visibili all&apos;utente
          dovrebbero essere il meno sorprendenti possibile.  Per esempio,
          un&apos;arbitraria riorganizzazione delle variabili di avvio del sistema in
          <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> viola il
          <acronym>POLA</acronym>.  Gli sviluppatori considerano il
          <acronym>POLA</acronym> quando si interessano di cambiamenti al
          sistema visibili all&apos;utente.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pr-glossary">
      <glossterm>Problem Report</glossterm>
      <acronym>PR</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="pid-glossary">
      <glossterm>Process ID</glossterm>
      <acronym>PID</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un numero di un particolare processo sul sistema, che lo
          identifica in modo univoco e permette di effettuare alcune azioni
          sullo stesso.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="projectevil-glossary">
      <glossterm>Project Evil</glossterm>
      <glossdef subject="FreeBSD">
        <para>Il nome di sviluppo per il <acronym>NDISulator</acronym>, scritto
          da Bill Paul, che l&apos;ha chiamato così riferendosi a quanto sia
          terribile (da un punto di vista filosofico) avere bisogno di qualcosa
          di questo tipo.  Il <acronym>NDISulator</acronym> è uno
          speciale modulo di compatibilità che permette di usare i
          driver di rete NDIS miniport di Microsoft Windows&trade; con
          &os;/i386.  Questo è solitamente l&apos;unico modo di usare schede
          il cui driver e&apos; closed source.  Guarda
          <filename>src/sys/compat/ndis/subr_ndis.c</filename>.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>R</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RA</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ra-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RAID</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="raid-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RAM</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ram-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="rd-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RFC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="rfc-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RISC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="risc-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RPC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="rpc-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RS232C</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="rs232c-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>RTS</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="rts-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ram-glossary">
      <glossterm>Random Access Memory</glossterm>
      <acronym>RAM</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="rd-glossary">
      <glossterm>Received Data</glossterm>
      <acronym>RD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="rs232c-glossary">
      <glossterm>Recommended Standard 232C</glossterm>
      <acronym>RS232C</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Uno standard per le comunicazioni tra dispositivi seriali.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="risc-glossary">
      <glossterm>Reduced Instruction Set Computer</glossterm>
      <acronym>RISC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="raid-glossary">
      <glossterm>Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks</glossterm>
      <acronym>RAID</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="rpc-glossary">
      <glossterm>Remote Procedure Call</glossterm>
      <acronym>RPC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="rfc-glossary">
      <glossterm>Request For Comments</glossterm>
      <acronym>RFC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="rts-glossary">
      <glossterm>Request To Send</glossterm>
      <acronym>RTS</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ra-glossary">
      <glossterm>Router Advertisement</glossterm>
      <acronym>RA</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>S</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SCI</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="sci-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SCSI</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="scsi-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SG</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="sg-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SMB</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="smb-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SMP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="smp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SMTP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="smtp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SMTP AUTH</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="smtpauth-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>SSH</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ssh-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>STR</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="str-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="smtpauth-glossary">
      <glossterm><acronym>SMTP</acronym> Authentication</glossterm>
      <acronym>SMTP AUTH</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="smb-glossary">
      <glossterm>Server Message Block</glossterm>
      <acronym>SMB</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="sg-glossary">
      <glossterm>Signal Ground</glossterm>
      <acronym>SG</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un pin o un cavo RS232 che è il segnale di
          massa a terra.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="smtp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Simple Mail Transfer Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>SMTP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ssh-glossary">
      <glossterm>Secure Shell</glossterm>
      <acronym>SSH</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="scsi-glossary">
      <glossterm>Small Computer System Interface</glossterm>
      <acronym>SCSI</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="str-glossary">
      <glossterm>Suspend To <acronym>RAM</acronym></glossterm>
      <acronym>STR</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="smp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Symmetric MultiProcessor</glossterm>
      <acronym>SMP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="sci-glossary">
      <glossterm>System Control Interrupt</glossterm>
      <acronym>SCI</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>T</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>TCP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="tcp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>TD</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="td-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>TFTP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="tftp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>TGT</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="tgt-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>TSC</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="tsc-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="tgt-glossary">
      <glossterm>Ticket-Granting Ticket</glossterm>
      <acronym>TGT</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="tsc-glossary">
      <glossterm>Time Stamp Counter</glossterm>
      <acronym>TSC</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un contatore interno ai moderni processori &pentium; che conta i
          i battiti alla frequenza del clock.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="tcp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Transmission Control Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>TCP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="td-glossary">
      <glossterm>Transmitted Data</glossterm>
      <acronym>TD</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="tftp-glossary">
      <glossterm>Trivial <acronym>FTP</acronym></glossterm>
      <acronym>TFTP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>U</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>UDP</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="udp-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>UFS1</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ufs1-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>UFS2</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="ufs2-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>UID</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="uid-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>URL</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="url-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>USB</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="usb-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="url-glossary">
      <glossterm>Uniform Resource Locator</glossterm>
      <acronym>URL</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ufs1-glossary">
      <glossterm>Unix File System Version 1</glossterm>
      <acronym>UFS1</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="ufs2-glossary">
      <glossterm>Unix File System Version 2</glossterm>
      <acronym>UFS2</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="usb-glossary">
      <glossterm>Universal Serial Bus</glossterm>
      <acronym>USB</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="uid-glossary">
      <glossterm>User ID</glossterm>
      <acronym>UID</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para>Un numero univoco assegnato ad ogni utente del computer,
          con il quale possono essere identificate le risorse e i permessi
          assegnati a quell&apos;utente.</para>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="udp-glossary">
      <glossterm>User Datagram Protocol</glossterm>
      <acronym>UDP</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>

  <glossdiv>
    <title>V</title>

    <glossentry>
      <glossterm>VPN</glossterm>
      <glosssee otherterm="vpn-glossary"/>
    </glossentry>

    <glossentry xml:id="vpn-glossary">
      <glossterm>Virtual Private Network</glossterm>
      <acronym>VPN</acronym>
      <glossdef>
        <para/>
      </glossdef>
    </glossentry>
  </glossdiv>
</glossary>