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Up Beyond All Recognition</glossterm> + <acronym>FUBAR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>Broken.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + Note that in this instance, the expanded acronym sorts below the + unexpanded acronym. That's OK. + + Finally, id attribute values should end in the string + "-glossary" to avoid conflicting with id attribute values in + the main text. + +--> + +<!ENTITY freebsd-glossary ' +<glossary status="draft" id="freebsd-glossary"> + <title>&os; Glossary</title> + <para>This glossary contains terms and acronyms used within the &os; + community and documentation.</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>API</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="api-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 id="aml-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Machine Language</glossterm> + <acronym>AML</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>Pseudocode, interpreted by a virtual machine within an + <acronym>ACPI</acronym>-compliant operating system, providing a + layer between the underlying hardware and the documented + interface presented to the <acronym>OS</acronym>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="asl-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Source Language</glossterm> + <acronym>ASL</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The programming language <acronym>AML</acronym> is written in.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="acl-glossary"> + <glossterm>Access Control List</glossterm> + <acronym>ACL</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A list of permissions attached to an object, usually either a + file or a network device.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="acpi-glossary"> + <glossterm>Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</glossterm> + <acronym>ACPI</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A specification which provides an abstraction of the + interface the hardware presents to the operating system, so + that the operating system should need to know nothing about + the underlying hardware to make the most of it. <acronym>ACPI</acronym> + evolves and supersedes the functionality provided previously by + <acronym>APM</acronym>, <acronym>PNPBIOS</acronym> and other technologies, and + provides facilities for controlling power consumption, machine + suspension, device enabling and disabling, etc.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="api-glossary"> + <glossterm>Application Programming Interface</glossterm> + <acronym>API</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A set of procedures, protocols and tools that specify the + canonical interaction of one or more program parts; how, when + and why they do work together, and what data they share or + operate on.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="apm-glossary"> + <glossterm>Advanced Power Management</glossterm> + <acronym>APM</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>API</acronym> enabling the operating system to work + in conjunction with the <acronym>BIOS</acronym> in order to achieve + power management. <acronym>APM</acronym> has been superseded by + the much more generic and powerful <acronym>ACPI</acronym> + specification for most applications.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="apic-glossary"> + <glossterm>Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller</glossterm> + <acronym>APIC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ata-glossary"> + <glossterm>Advanced Technology Attachment</glossterm> + <acronym>ATA</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="atm-glossary"> + <glossterm>Asynchronous Transfer Mode</glossterm> + <acronym>ATM</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="apop-glossary"> + <glossterm>Authenticated Post Office Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>APOP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="amd-glossary"> + <glossterm>Automatic Mount Daemon</glossterm> + <acronym>AMD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A daemon that automatically mounts a filesystem when a file + or directory within that filesystem is accessed.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + <title>B</title> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>BAR</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="bar-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <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 id="bar-glossary"> + <glossterm>Base Address Register</glossterm> + <acronym>BAR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The registers that determine which address range a <acronym>PCI</acronym> device + will respond to.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="bios-glossary"> + <glossterm>Basic Input/Output System</glossterm> + <acronym>BIOS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The definition of <acronym>BIOS</acronym> depends a bit on + the context. Some people refer to it as the <acronym>ROM</acronym> + chip with a basic set of routines to provide an interface between + software and hardware. Others refer to it as the set of routines + contained in the chip that help in bootstrapping the system. Some + might also refer to it as the screen used to configure the + boostrapping process. The <acronym>BIOS</acronym> is PC-specific + but other systems have something similar.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="bind-glossary"> + <glossterm>Berkeley Internet Name Domain</glossterm> + <acronym>BIND</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An implementation of the <acronym>DNS</acronym> protocols.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="bsd-glossary"> + <glossterm>Berkeley Software Distribution</glossterm> + <acronym>BSD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>This is the name that the Computer Systems Research Group + (CSRG) at <ulink url="http://www.berkeley.edu">The University + of California at Berkeley</ulink> + gave to their improvements and modifications to + AT&T's 32V &unix;. + &os; is a descendant of the CSRG work.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="bikeshed-glossary"> + <glossterm>Bikeshed Building</glossterm> + <glossdef subject="FreeBSD"> + <para>A phenomenon whereby many people will give an opinion on + an uncomplicated topic, whilst a complex topic receives little + or no discussion. See the + <ulink url="&url.books.faq;/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING">FAQ</ulink> for + the origin of the term.</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 id="cd-glossary"> + <glossterm>Carrier Detect</glossterm> + <acronym>CD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal indicating that a carrier + has been detected.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="cpu-glossary"> + <glossterm>Central Processing Unit</glossterm> + <acronym>CPU</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>Also known as the processor. This is the brain of the + computer where all calculations take place. There are a number of + different architectures with different instruction sets. Among + the more well-known are the Intel-x86 and derivatives, Sun SPARC, + PowerPC, and Alpha.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="chap-glossary"> + <glossterm>Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>CHAP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A method of authenticating a user, based on a secret shared + between client and server.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="clip-glossary"> + <glossterm>Classical <acronym>IP</acronym> over <acronym>ATM</acronym></glossterm> + <acronym>CLIP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="cts-glossary"> + <glossterm>Clear To Send</glossterm> + <acronym>CTS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal giving the remote system + permission to send data.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="rts-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="coff-glossary"> + <glossterm>Common Object File Format</glossterm> + <acronym>COFF</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="cvs-glossary"> + <glossterm>Concurrent Versions System</glossterm> + <acronym>CVS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A version control system, providing a method of working with and + keeping track of many different revisions of files. CVS provides the + ability to extract, merge and revert individual changes or sets of + changes, and offers the ability to keep track of which changes were + made, by who and for what reason.</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 id="dac-glossary"> + <glossterm>Discretionary Access Control</glossterm> + <acronym>DAC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="des-glossary"> + <glossterm>Data Encryption Standard</glossterm> + <acronym>DES</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A method of encrypting information, traditionally used as the + method of encryption for &unix; passwords and the &man.crypt.3; + function.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="dsr-glossary"> + <glossterm>Data Set Ready</glossterm> + <acronym>DSR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal sent from the modem to the + computer or terminal indicating a readiness to send and receive + data.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="dtr-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="dtr-glossary"> + <glossterm>Data Terminal Ready</glossterm> + <acronym>DTR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal sent from the computer or + terminal to the modem indicating a readiness to send and receive + data.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ddb-glossary"> + <glossterm>Debugger</glossterm> + <acronym>DDB</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An interactive in-kernel facility for examining the status of + a system, often used after a system has crashed to establish the + events surrounding the failure.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="dsdt-glossary"> + <glossterm>Differentiated System Description Table</glossterm> + <acronym>DSDT</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>ACPI</acronym> table, supplying basic configuration + information about the base system.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="dvmrp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>DVMRP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="dns-glossary"> + <glossterm>Domain Name System</glossterm> + <acronym>DNS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The system that converts humanly readable hostnames (i.e., + mail.example.net) to Internet addresses and vice versa.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="dhcp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>DHCP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A protocol that dynamically assigns IP addresses to a computer + (host) when it requests one from the server. The address assignment + is called a <quote>lease</quote>.</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 id="esp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Encapsulated Security Payload</glossterm> + <acronym>ESP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="elf-glossary"> + <glossterm>Executable and Linking Format</glossterm> + <acronym>ELF</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ecoff-glossary"> + <glossterm>Extended <acronym>COFF</acronym></glossterm> + <acronym>ECOFF</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></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 id="fat-glossary"> + <glossterm>File Allocation Table</glossterm> + <acronym>FAT</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="fat16-glossary"> + <glossterm>File Allocation Table (16-bit)</glossterm> + <acronym>FAT16</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ftp-glossary"> + <glossterm>File Transfer Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>FTP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A member of the family of high-level protocols implemented + on top of <acronym>TCP</acronym> which can be used to transfer + files over a <acronym>TCP/IP</acronym> network.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="fadt-glossary"> + <glossterm>Fixed <acronym>ACPI</acronym> Description Table</glossterm> + <acronym>FADT</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + <title>G</title> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>GUI</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="gui-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="giant-glossary"> + <glossterm>Giant</glossterm> + <glossdef subject="FreeBSD"> + <para>The name of a mutual exclusion mechanism + (a <literal>sleep mutex</literal>) that protects a large + set of kernel resources. Although a simple locking mechanism + was adequate in the days where a machine might have only + a few dozen processes, one networking card, and certainly + only one processor, in current times it is an unacceptable + performance bottleneck. &os; developers are actively working + to replace it with locks that protect individual resources, + which will allow a much greater degree of parallelism for + both single-processor and multi-processor machines.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gui-glossary"> + <glossterm>Graphical User Interface</glossterm> + <acronym>GUI</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A system where the user and computer interact with + graphics.</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 id="hup-glossary"> + <glossterm>HangUp</glossterm> + <acronym>HUP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="html-glossary"> + <glossterm>HyperText Markup Language</glossterm> + <acronym>HTML</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The markup language used to create web pages.</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 id="ipfw-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Firewall</glossterm> + <acronym>IPFW</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ipv4-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 4</glossterm> + <acronym>IPv4</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The <acronym>IP</acronym> protocol version 4, which uses 32 bits + for addressing. This version is still the most widely used, but it + is slowly being replaced with <acronym>IPv6</acronym>.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="ipv6-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ipv6-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 6</glossterm> + <acronym>IPv6</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The new <acronym>IP</acronym> protocol. Invented because the + address space in <acronym>IPv4</acronym> is running out. Uses 128 + bits for addressing.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="io-glossary"> + <glossterm>Input/Output</glossterm> + <acronym>I/O</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="iasl-glossary"> + <glossterm>Intel’s <acronym>ASL</acronym> compiler</glossterm> + <acronym>IASL</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>Intel’s compiler for converting <acronym>ASL</acronym> into + <acronym>AML</acronym>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="imap-glossary"> + <glossterm>Internet Message Access Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>IMAP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A protocol for accessing email messages on a mail server, + characterised by the messages usually being kept on the server as + opposed to being downloaded to the mail reader client.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="pop3-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ipp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Internet Printing Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>IPP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ip-glossary"> + <glossterm>Internet Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>IP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The packet transmitting protocol that is the basic protocol on + the Internet. Originally developed at the U.S. Department of + Defense and an extremely important part of the <acronym>TCP/IP + </acronym> stack. Without the Internet Protocol, the Internet + would not have become what it is today. For more information, see + <ulink url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc791.txt"> + RFC 791</ulink>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="isp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Internet Service Provider</glossterm> + <acronym>ISP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A company that provides access to the Internet.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + <title>K</title> + + <glossentry id="kame-glossary"> + <glossterm>KAME</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Japanese for <quote>turtle</quote>, the term KAME is used + in computing circles to refer to the <ulink + url="http://www.kame.net/">KAME Project</ulink>, who work on + an implementation of <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 id="kld-glossary"> + <glossterm>Kernel &man.ld.1;</glossterm> + <acronym>KLD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A method of dynamically loading functionality into a &os; kernel + without rebooting the system.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="kse-glossary"> + <glossterm>Kernel Scheduler Entities</glossterm> + <acronym>KSE</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A kernel-supported threading system. See the <ulink + url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/kse">project home page</ulink> + for further details.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="kva-glossary"> + <glossterm>Kernel Virtual Address</glossterm> + <acronym>KVA</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="kdc-glossary"> + <glossterm>Key Distribution Center</glossterm> + <acronym>KDC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="kbps-glossary"> + <glossterm>Kilo Bits Per Second</glossterm> + <acronym>Kbps</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>Used to measure bandwidth (how much data can pass a given + point at a specified amount of time). Alternates to the Kilo + prefix include Mega, Giga, Tera, and so forth.</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 id="lpd-glossary"> + <glossterm>Line Printer Daemon</glossterm> + <acronym>LPD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="lan-glossary"> + <glossterm>Local Area Network</glossterm> + <acronym>LAN</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A network used on a local area, e.g. office, home, or so forth. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="lor-glossary"> + <glossterm>Lock Order Reversal</glossterm> + <acronym>LOR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The &os; kernel uses a number of resource locks to + arbitrate contention for those resources. A run-time + lock diagnostic system found in &os.current; kernels + (but removed for releases), called &man.witness.4;, + detects the potential for deadlocks due to locking errors. + (&man.witness.4; is actually slightly conservative, so + it is possible to get false positives.) A true positive + report indicates that <quote>if you were unlucky, a deadlock would + have happened here</quote>.</para> + + <para>True positive LORs tend to get fixed quickly, so + check &a.current.url; and the + <ulink url="http://sources.zabbadoz.net/freebsd/lor.html"> + LORs Seen</ulink> page before posting to the mailing lists.</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>MFP4</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="mfp4-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 id="mta-glossary"> + <glossterm>Mail Transfer Agent</glossterm> + <acronym>MTA</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An application used to transfer email. An + <acronym>MTA</acronym> has traditionally been part of the BSD + base system. Today Sendmail is included in the base system, but + there are many other <acronym>MTA</acronym>s, such as postfix, + qmail and Exim.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="mua-glossary"> + <glossterm>Mail User Agent</glossterm> + <acronym>MUA</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An application used by users to display and write email.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="mac-glossary"> + <glossterm>Mandatory Access Control</glossterm> + <acronym>MAC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="mit-glossary"> + <glossterm>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</glossterm> + <acronym>MIT</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="mfc-glossary"> + <glossterm>Merge From Current</glossterm> + <acronym>MFC</acronym> + <glossdef subject="FreeBSD"> + <para>To merge functionality or a patch from the -CURRENT + branch to another, most often -STABLE.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="mfp4-glossary"> + <glossterm>Merge From Perforce</glossterm> + <acronym>MFP4</acronym> + <glossdef subject="FreeBSD"> + <para>To merge functionality or a patch from the Perforce + repository to the -CURRENT branch.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="perforce-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="mfs-glossary"> + <glossterm>Merge From Stable</glossterm> + <acronym>MFS</acronym> + <glossdef subject="FreeBSD"> + <para>In the normal course of FreeBSD development, a change will + be committed to the -CURRENT branch for testing before being + merged to -STABLE. On rare occasions, a change will go into + -STABLE first and then be merged to -CURRENT.</para> + + <para>This term is also used when a patch is merged from -STABLE + to a security branch.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="mfc-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="motd-glossary"> + <glossterm>Message Of The Day</glossterm> + <acronym>MOTD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A message, usually shown on login, often used to + distribute information to users of the system.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="mls-glossary"> + <glossterm>Multi-Level Security</glossterm> + <acronym>MLS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="madt-glossary"> + <glossterm>Multiple <acronym>APIC</acronym> Description Table</glossterm> + <acronym>MADT</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></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 id="nat-glossary"> + <glossterm>Network Address Translation</glossterm> + <acronym>NAT</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A technique where <acronym>IP</acronym> packets are rewritten + on the way through a gateway, enabling many machines behind the + gateway to effectively share a single <acronym>IP</acronym> address.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="nfs-glossary"> + <glossterm>Network File System</glossterm> + <acronym>NFS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ntfs-glossary"> + <glossterm>New Technology File System</glossterm> + <acronym>NTFS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A filesystem developed by Microsoft and available in its + <quote>New Technology</quote> operating systems, such as + &windows2k;, &windowsnt; and &windowsxp;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ntp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Network Time Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>NTP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A means of synchronizing clocks over a network.</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 id="odmr-glossary"> + <glossterm>On-Demand Mail Relay</glossterm> + <acronym>ODMR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="os-glossary"> + <glossterm>Operating System</glossterm> + <acronym>OS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A set of programs, libraries and tools that provide access to + the hardware resources of a computer. Operating systems range + today from simplistic designs that support only one program + running at a time, accessing only one device to fully + multi-user, multi-tasking and multi-process systems that can + serve thousands of users simultaneously, each of them running + dozens of different applications.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="obe-glossary"> + <glossterm>Overtaken By Events</glossterm> + <acronym>OBE</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>Indicates a suggested change (such as a Problem Report + or a feature request) which is no longer relevant or + applicable due to such things as later changes to &os;, + changes in networking standards, the affected hardware + having since become obsolete, and so forth.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + <title>P</title> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>p4</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="perforce-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <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 id="pppoa-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>PPP</acronym> over <acronym>ATM</acronym></glossterm> + <acronym>PPPoA</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pppoe-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>PPP</acronym> over <acronym>Ethernet</acronym></glossterm> + <acronym>PPPoE</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>PR</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="pr-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>PXE</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="pxe-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pap-glossary"> + <glossterm>Password Authentication Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>PAP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="perforce-glossary"> + <glossterm>Perforce</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A source code control product made by + <ulink url="http://www.perforce.com/">Perforce Software</ulink> + which is more advanced than CVS. Although not open source, its use + is free of charge to open-source projects such as &os;.</para> + + <para>Some &os; developers use a Perforce repository as a staging + area for code that is considered too experimental for the + -CURRENT branch.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pc-glossary"> + <glossterm>Personal Computer</glossterm> + <acronym>PC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pcnfsd-glossary"> + <glossterm>Personal Computer Network File System Daemon</glossterm> + <acronym>PCNFSD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pae-glossary"> + <glossterm>Physical Address Extensions</glossterm> + <acronym>PAE</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A method of enabling access to up to 64 GB of <acronym>RAM</acronym> on + systems which only physically have a 32-bit wide address space + (and would therefore be limited to 4 GB without PAE).</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pam-glossary"> + <glossterm>Pluggable Authentication Modules</glossterm> + <acronym>PAM</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ppp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Point-to-Point Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>PPP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pointyhat"> + <glossterm>Pointy Hat</glossterm> + <glossdef subject="FreeBSD"> + <para>A mythical piece of headgear, much like a + <literal>dunce cap</literal>, awarded to any &os; + committer who breaks the build, makes revision numbers + go backwards, or creates any other kind of havoc in + the source base. Any committer worth his or her salt + will soon accumulate a large collection. The usage is + (almost always?) humorous.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pdf-glossary"> + <glossterm>Portable Document Format</glossterm> + <acronym>PDF</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pop-glossary"> + <glossterm>Post Office Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>POP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + <glossseealso otherterm="pop3-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pop3-glossary"> + <glossterm>Post Office Protocol Version 3</glossterm> + <acronym>POP3</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A protocol for accessing email messages on a mail server, + characterised by the messages usually being downloaded from the + server to the client, as opposed to remaining on the server.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="imap-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ppd-glossary"> + <glossterm>PostScript Printer Description</glossterm> + <acronym>PPD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pxe-glossary"> + <glossterm>Preboot eXecution Environment</glossterm> + <acronym>PXE</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pola-glossary"> + <glossterm>Principle Of Least Astonishment</glossterm> + <acronym>POLA</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>As &os; evolves, changes visible to the user should be + kept as unsurprising as possible. For example, arbitrarily + rearranging system startup variables in + <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> violates + <acronym>POLA</acronym>. Developers consider + <acronym>POLA</acronym> when contemplating user-visible + system changes.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pr-glossary"> + <glossterm>Problem Report</glossterm> + <acronym>PR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A description of some kind of problem that has been + found in either the &os; source or documentation. See + <ulink url="&url.articles.problem-reports;/index.html"> + Writing &os; Problem Reports</ulink>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="pid-glossary"> + <glossterm>Process ID</glossterm> + <acronym>PID</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A number, unique to a particular process on a system, + which identifies it and allows actions to be taken against it.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="projectevil-glossary"> + <glossterm>Project Evil</glossterm> + <glossdef subject="FreeBSD"> + <para>The working title for the <acronym>NDISulator</acronym>, + written by Bill Paul, who named it referring to how awful + it is (from a philosophical standpoint) to need to have + something like this in the first place. The + <acronym>NDISulator</acronym> is a special compatibility + module to allow Microsoft Windows™ NDIS miniport + network drivers to be used with &os;/i386. This is usually + the only way to use cards where the driver is closed-source. + See <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 id="ram-glossary"> + <glossterm>Random Access Memory</glossterm> + <acronym>RAM</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="rcs-glossary"> + <glossterm>Revision Control System</glossterm> + <acronym>RCS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The <emphasis>Revision Control System</emphasis> + (<acronym>RCS</acronym>) is one of the oldest software suites + that implement <quote>revision control</quote> for plain + files. It allows the storage, retrieval, archival, logging, + identification and merging of multiple revisions for each + file. RCS consists of many small tools that work together. + It lacks some of the features found in more modern revision + control systems, like CVS or Subversion, but it is very simple + to install, configure, and start using for a small set of + files. Implementations of RCS can be found on every major + UNIX-like OS.</para> + + <glossseealso otherterm="cvs-glossary"/> + <glossseealso otherterm="svn-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="rd-glossary"> + <glossterm>Received Data</glossterm> + <acronym>RD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> pin or wire that data is + received on.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="td-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="rs232c-glossary"> + <glossterm>Recommended Standard 232C</glossterm> + <acronym>RS232C</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A standard for communications between serial devices.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="risc-glossary"> + <glossterm>Reduced Instruction Set Computer</glossterm> + <acronym>RISC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An approach to processor design where the operations the hardware + can perform are simplified but made as general purpose as possible. + This can lead to lower power consumption, fewer transistors and in + some cases, better performance and increased code density. Examples + of RISC processors include the Alpha, &sparc;, &arm; and + &powerpc;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="raid-glossary"> + <glossterm>Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks</glossterm> + <acronym>RAID</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="rpc-glossary"> + <glossterm>Remote Procedure Call</glossterm> + <acronym>RPC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>repocopy</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="repocopy-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="repocopy-glossary"> + <glossterm>Repository Copy</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A direct copying of files within the CVS repository.</para> + + <para>Without a repocopy, if a file needed to be copied or + moved to another place in the repository, the committer would + run <command>cvs add</command> to put the file in its new + location, and then <command>cvs rm</command> on the old file + if the old copy was being removed.</para> + + <para>The disadvantage of this method is that the history + (i.e. the entries in the CVS logs) of the file would not be + copied to the new location. As the &os; Project considers + this history very useful, a repository copy is often used + instead. This is a process where one of the repository meisters + will copy the files directly within the repository, rather than + using the &man.cvs.1; program.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="rfc-glossary"> + <glossterm>Request For Comments</glossterm> + <acronym>RFC</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A set of documents defining Internet standards, protocols, and + so forth. See + <ulink url="http://www.rfc-editor.org/">www.rfc-editor.org</ulink>. + </para> + + <para>Also used as a general term when someone has a suggested change + and wants feedback.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="rts-glossary"> + <glossterm>Request To Send</glossterm> + <acronym>RTS</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal requesting that the remote + system commences transmission of data.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="cts-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ra-glossary"> + <glossterm>Router Advertisement</glossterm> + <acronym>RA</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></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> + <glossterm>SVN</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="svn-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="smtpauth-glossary"> + <glossterm><acronym>SMTP</acronym> Authentication</glossterm> + <acronym>SMTP AUTH</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="smb-glossary"> + <glossterm>Server Message Block</glossterm> + <acronym>SMB</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="sg-glossary"> + <glossterm>Signal Ground</glossterm> + <acronym>SG</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232</acronym> pin or wire that is the ground + reference for the signal.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="smtp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Simple Mail Transfer Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>SMTP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ssh-glossary"> + <glossterm>Secure Shell</glossterm> + <acronym>SSH</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="scsi-glossary"> + <glossterm>Small Computer System Interface</glossterm> + <acronym>SCSI</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="svn-glossary"> + <glossterm>Subversion</glossterm> + <acronym>SVN</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>Subversion is a version control system, similar to CVS, but + with an expanded feature list.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="cvs-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="str-glossary"> + <glossterm>Suspend To <acronym>RAM</acronym></glossterm> + <acronym>STR</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="smp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Symmetric MultiProcessor</glossterm> + <acronym>SMP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="sci-glossary"> + <glossterm>System Control Interrupt</glossterm> + <acronym>SCI</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + <title>T</title> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>TCP</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="tcp-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>TCP/IP</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="tcpip-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 id="tgt-glossary"> + <glossterm>Ticket-Granting Ticket</glossterm> + <acronym>TGT</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="tsc-glossary"> + <glossterm>Time Stamp Counter</glossterm> + <acronym>TSC</acronym> + <!-- From dg@, 20040814125503.GF40460@nexus.dglawrence.com --> + <glossdef> + <para>A profiling counter internal to modern &pentium; processors + that counts core frequency clock ticks.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="tcp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Transmission Control Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>TCP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A protocol that sits on top of (e.g.) the <acronym>IP</acronym> + protocol and guarantees that packets are delivered in a reliable, + ordered, fashion.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="tcpip-glossary"> + <glossterm>Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>TCP/IP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The term for the combination of the <acronym>TCP</acronym> + protocol running over the <acronym>IP</acronym> protocol. Much of + the Internet runs over <acronym>TCP/IP</acronym>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="td-glossary"> + <glossterm>Transmitted Data</glossterm> + <acronym>TD</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> pin or wire that data is transmitted + on.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="rd-glossary"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="tftp-glossary"> + <glossterm>Trivial <acronym>FTP</acronym></glossterm> + <acronym>TFTP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para></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 id="url-glossary"> + <glossterm>Uniform Resource Locator</glossterm> + <acronym>URL</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A method of locating a resource, such as a document on + the Internet and a means to identify that resource.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ufs1-glossary"> + <glossterm>Unix File System Version 1</glossterm> + <acronym>UFS1</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>The original &unix; file system, sometimes called the + Berkeley Fast File System.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="ufs2-glossary"> + <glossterm>Unix File System Version 2</glossterm> + <acronym>UFS2</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>An extension to <acronym>UFS1</acronym>, introduced in + &os; 5-CURRENT. <acronym>UFS2</acronym> adds 64 bit block + pointers (breaking the 1T barrier), support for extended file + storage and other features.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="usb-glossary"> + <glossterm>Universal Serial Bus</glossterm> + <acronym>USB</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A hardware standard used to connect a wide variety of + computer peripherals to a universal interface.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="uid-glossary"> + <glossterm>User ID</glossterm> + <acronym>UID</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A unique number assigned to each user of a computer, + by which the resources and permissions assigned to that + user can be identified.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="udp-glossary"> + <glossterm>User Datagram Protocol</glossterm> + <acronym>UDP</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A simple, unreliable datagram protocol which is used + for exchanging data on a TCP/IP network. <acronym>UDP</acronym> + does not provide error checking and correction like + <acronym>TCP</acronym>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + <title>V</title> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>VPN</glossterm> + <glosssee otherterm="vpn-glossary"/> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="vpn-glossary"> + <glossterm>Virtual Private Network</glossterm> + <acronym>VPN</acronym> + <glossdef> + <para>A method of using a public telecommunication + such as the Internet, to provide remote access to a + localized network, such as a corporate + <acronym>LAN</acronym>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> +</glossary> +'> |