Glossary
Acronyms
669
UNIS/Composer 669 Module
ABI
Application Binary Interface
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AFS
Andrew File System
AGESA
AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture
AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format
ALSA
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
Application Programming Interface
APR
Apache Portable Runtime
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASLR
Address Space Layout Randomization
ASN
Abstract Syntax Notation
ASF
Advanced Streaming Format
ATA
Advanced Technology Attachment
ATSC
Advanced Television Systems Committee
ATK
Accessibility ToolKit
AVI
Audio Video Interleave
AWT
Abstract Window Toolkit
BER
Basic Encoding Rules
BIND
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BLFS
Beyond Linux From Scratch
BMP
Bit MaP
CD
Compact Disk
CDDA
Compact Disc Digital Audio
CIFS
Common Internet File System
See Also SMB .
CMS
Cryptographic Message Syntax
CODEC
COmpression/DECompression module
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRD
Color Rendering Dictionary
CSA
Color Space Array
CSS (on DVD)
Contents Scrambling System
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
CUPS
Common Unix Printing System
CVS
Concurrent Versions System
DAO
Disc At Once
DARPA
Directory Address Resolution Protocol Allocation
DEC
Digital Equipment Corporation
DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DICT
Dictionary Server Protocol (RFC 2229)
DIN
German Industrial Norm
DNS
Domain Name Service
DOS
Disk Operating System
DRI
Direct Rendering Infrastructure
DSC
Document Structuring Conventions
DSO
Dynamic Shared Objects
DSSSL
Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DV
Digital Video
DVD
Digital Versatile Disk (also Digital Video Disk)
DVI
DeVice Independent
ELF
Executable and Linking Format
EPP
Enhanced Parallel Port
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
ESD
Enlighten Sound Daemon
ESMTP
Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
FAM
File Alteration Monitor
FAME
Fast Assembly Mpeg Encoder
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FAX
Facsimile
FB
Frame Buffer
FHS
File Hierarchy Standard
FLAC
Free Lossless Audio CODEC
FO
Formatted Objects
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GCC
GNU Compiler Collection
GDBM
GNU DataBase Manager
GDK
GTK+ Drawing Kit
GDM
GNOME Display Manager
GID
Group IDentity
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
GLUT
OpenGL Utility Toolkit
GMP
GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic
GNAT
GNU NYU Ada 9x Translator
GNOME
GNU Network Object Model Environment
GNU
GNU’s Not Unix
GPL
General Public License
GPM
General Purpose Mouse
GSS
Generic Security Service
GSSAPI
Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface
GTK
GIMP ToolKit
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HFS
Hierarchical File System
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secured
HUP
Hang UP
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICC
International Color Consortium
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
Integrated Development Environment
IDL
Interface Definition Language
IJS
Ink Jet Systems
ILS
Internet Location Server
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
IMON
Inode MONitor
IP
Internet Protocol
See Also TCP .
IPX
Internetwork Packet eXchange
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO
International Standards Organisation
ISP
Internet Service Provider
IT
ImpulseTracker Module
JAI
Java Advanced Imaging
JAR
Java ARchive
JDK
Java Development Kit
JFIF
JPEG File Interchange Format
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
KDC
Key Distribution Center
KDE
KDesktop Environment
LAME
Lame Ain’t an MP3 Encoder
LAN
Local Area Network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDIF
Lightweight Data Interchange Format
LFS
Linux From Scratch
LGPL
Library General Public License
LPR
Line PRinter
LZO
Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer
LZW
Lempel-Ziv-Welch
MAC
Media Access Control
MCOP
Multimedia COmmunication Protocol
MCU
Multipoint Control Unit
MD
Message-Digest
MDA
Mail Delivery Agent
MED
MED/OctaMED Module
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIF
Maker Interchange Format
MII
Media Independent Interface
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MNG
Multiple-image Network Graphics
MOD
ProTracker Module
MP3
MPEG-1 audio layer 3
MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group
MSL
Magick Scripting Language
MTA
Mail Transport Agent
MTM
MultiTracker Module
MUA
Mail User Agent
NASM
Netwide ASseMbler
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol
NFS
Network File System
NIS
Network Information Service
NPTL
Native Posix Thread Library
NSPR
Netscape Portable Runtime
NSS
Network Security Services
NTP
Network Time Protocol
OAF
Object Activation Framework
ODBC
Open DataBase Connectivity
OMF
Open Metadata Framework
ORB
Object Request Broker
See Also CORBA .
ORDBMS
Object Relational Database Management System
OS
Operating System
OSF
Open Software Foundation
OSS
Open Sound System
PAM
Pluggable authentication Modules
PBM
Portable BitMap
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCL
Printer Control Language
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PDC
Primary Domain Controller
Portable Document Format
PEAR
PHP Extension and Application Repository
PGM
Portable Grey Map
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
PHP
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
PIE
Position Independent Executable
PIM
Personal Information Manager
PLIP
Parallel Line Internet Protocol
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
PO
Portable Object
POD
Plain Old Documentation
POP
Post Office Protocol
PPD
PostScript Printer Description
PPM
Portable Pixel Map
PPP
Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE
Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet
PS
PostScript
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAM
Random Access Memory
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RCS
Revision Control System
RFC
Request For Comments
RGB
Red Green Blue
RGBA
Red Green Blue Alpha
ROM
Read-Only Memory
RP
Roaring Penguin
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RTC
Real Time Clock
RTP
Real Time Protocol
RW
Read Write
S3M
ScreamTracker Version 3 Module
S/MIME
Secure/MIME
SANE
Scanner Access Now Easy
SASL
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SBU
Standard Build Unit
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
SDK
Software Development Kit
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SMART
Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
SMB
Server Message Block
SMIL
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL
Structured Query Language
SSH
Secure SHell
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SSP
Stack Smash Protection
SUID
Set User IDentity
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics
SVGA
Super Video Graphics Array
TCL
Tool Command Language
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TGT
Ticket-Granting Ticket
TIFF
Tag(ged) Image File Format
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TTF
TrueType Font
TTS
Text To Speech
UCS
Universal Character Set
UDF
Universal Disk Format
UID
User IDentity
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UI
User Interface
UML
Unified Modelling Language
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
USB
Universal Serial Bus
USR
Upstream Ready
UTF
UCS Transformation Format
UUCP
Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
VCD
Video Compact Disk
VCS
Version Control System
VESA
Video Electronics Standards Association
VGA
Video Graphics Array
VNC
Virtual Network Computer
VOB
Video OBject
VOIP
Voice Over IP
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAV
Waveform Audio
WWW
World Wide Web
XDMCP
XDisplay Manager Control Protocol
XM
FastTracker Module
XML
eXtensible Markup Language
XSL
eXtensible Style Language
XSLT
eXtensible Style Language Transformation
XSM
X/Open System Management
XMMS
XMultiMedia System
YP
Yellow Pages
YUV
Luminance-Bandwidth-Chrominance