Terminology: Difference between revisions

(3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)

Line 6:

;APT : Advanced Package Tool. Created by the Debian project.

;ASP : Application Service Provider

: Application Server Pages - an old technology by Microsoft

: Application Server Pages = an old technology by Microsoft

;ATM : Automated Teller Machine (please don't call it an 'ATM Machine', that's redundant)

;BIOS : Basic Input Output System. The part that executes when a computer is first booted and hardware is detected.

;BLU : Boston Linux & Unix = a Linux User Group in Boston, MA, USA with roots that go back into the days of Unix before Linux was a thing

;BMW : Bavarian Motor Works = German car company

;CIDR : [[wp:Classless Inter-Domain Routing|Classless Inter-Domain Routing]]

;coax: coaxial cable

;CNCF:Cloud Native Computing Foundation https://www.cncf.io/ - a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation.

;CNCF:Cloud Native Computing Foundation https://www.cncf.io/ = a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation.

;COCOMO: Constructive Cost Model is a procedural software cost estimation model developed in the early 80's and then updated around the year 2000.

;CSS: Cascading Style Sheets = A technology that deals with the presentation of content on the web

;DAST: Dynamic Application Security Testing can find security vulnerabilities and weaknesses in a running application, typically web apps. It does that by employing fault injection techniques on an app, such as feeding malicious data to the software, to identify common security vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). DAST can also cast a spotlight on runtime problems that can’t be identified by static analysis for example, authentication and server configuration issues, as well as flaws visible only when a known user logs in.

;DKIM: DomainKeys Identified Mail = An IETF specification that combats SPAM on the Internet

;[[DKMS]]: Dynamic Kernel Module Support - a way to load kernel modules at boot.

;DNS: Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system

;DPL: Dynamic Page Lists = Like a Cuisinart food processor, it allows you to slice and dice the contents of your wiki.

;DRM: Digital Restrictions Management = Electronic methods to control what you can and can't do.

;DRM: Digital Restrictions Management = Electronic methods to control what you can and can't do. In the context of video graphics, it means Direct Rendering Manager.

;EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org

;FHIR: [[wp:Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources|Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources]] is a standard for exchanging Healthcare data.

Line 57:

Line 59:

;LXC: is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily create and manage system or application containers.

;LXD: is a next generation system container manager. It offers a user experience similar to virtual machines but using Linux containers instead.

;MOK: Machine Owner Key used in the [[wp:UEFI|UEFI]] for SecureBoot

;MOTD: Message Of The Day = [[MOTD]]

;NIST: (the US) National Institute of Standards and Technology

Line 69:

Line 72:

;ORM: Object Relational Mapping = a database approach

;PCI DSS: The [[wp:Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard|Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard]] was created in 2006 to ensure that all companies that accept, process, store, or transmit credit card information operate securely. The framework is primarily intended to keep cardholder information safe. All companies handling this information must comply with PCI DSS, regardless of size. The framework is administered and enforced by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.

;PDCA: Plan Do Check Act - [[wp:PDCA|PDCA]] is called the Deming Cycle or Deming Wheel [[File:PDCA-Multi-Loop.png|right|thumb]] https://deming.org/explore/pdsa/ https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/pdca/

;PDCA: Plan Do Check Act = [[wp:PDCA|PDCA]] is called the Deming Cycle or Deming Wheel [[File:PDCA-Multi-Loop.png|right|thumb]] https://deming.org/explore/pdsa/ https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/pdca/

;PDF: Portable Document Format = a widely used standard for representing documents electronically and print. [[PDF]]

;PEAR: PHP Extension and Application Repository = a collection of code started in 1999 to enhance the utility of PHP.

Line 106:

Line 109:

;SRE: Site Reliability Engineer

;SSL: Secure Sockets Layer = secure (encrypted) underpinning for HTTP

;SVG: ~~[[wp:SVG]] stands for~~ Scalable Vector Graphics - an XML-based open standard of the W3C since 1999

;SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics = an XML-based open standard of the W3C since 1999. See [[wp:SVG]]

;SWAG: Silly Wild-Ass Guess

;TIMTOWTDI: There Is More Than One Way To Do It [[wp:Perl#Philosophy]] [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TIMTOWDI Urban Dictionary] [[Wiktionary:TIMTOWTDI]]

;TLA: Three-Letter Acronym

;TLS: Transport Layer Security

;[[wp:UEFI|UEFI]]: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. Replacement for BIOS. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI

;UOP: User Operation Prohibition = things you're not allowed to do with a DVD, like skip the FBI warning [[w:User operation prohibition]]

;UPO: User Preference Option = things that you can set in your "preferences". [[Special:Preferences]]

Line 117:

Line 122:

;VE: Visual Editor

;VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol, or commonly "Voice over IP", is the Internet alternative to POTS.

;W3C: [[wp:World Wide Web Consortium]] - standards organization founded by internet pioneer '''Tim Berners-Lee'''

;W3C: [[wp:World Wide Web Consortium]] = standards organization founded by internet pioneer '''Tim Berners-Lee'''

;WMF: WikiMedia Foundation = the organization which runs various projects including [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia.org]]

;WOFF: Web Open Font Format

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 ;APT : Advanced Package Tool. Created by the Debian project.
 ;ASP : Application Service Provider
-: Application Server Pages - an old technology by Microsoft
+: Application Server Pages = an old technology by Microsoft
 ;ATM : Automated Teller Machine (please don't call it an 'ATM Machine', that's redundant)
+;BIOS : Basic Input Output System. The part that executes when a computer is first booted and hardware is detected.
 ;BLU : Boston Linux & Unix = a Linux User Group in Boston, MA, USA with roots that go back into the days of Unix before Linux was a thing
 ;BMW : Bavarian Motor Works = German car company
 ;CIDR : [[wp:Classless Inter-Domain Routing|Classless Inter-Domain Routing]]
 ;coax: coaxial cable
-;CNCF:Cloud Native Computing Foundation https://www.cncf.io/ - a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation.
+;CNCF:Cloud Native Computing Foundation https://www.cncf.io/ = a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation.
 ;COCOMO: Constructive Cost Model is a procedural software cost estimation model developed in the early 80's and then updated around the year 2000.
 ;CSS: Cascading Style Sheets = A technology that deals with the presentation of content on the web
 ;DAST: Dynamic Application Security Testing can find security vulnerabilities and weaknesses in a running application, typically web apps. It does that by employing fault injection techniques on an app, such as feeding malicious data to the software, to identify common security vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). DAST can also cast a spotlight on runtime problems that can’t be identified by static analysis for example, authentication and server configuration issues, as well as flaws visible only when a known user logs in.
 ;DKIM: DomainKeys Identified Mail = An IETF specification that combats SPAM on the Internet
+;[[DKMS]]: Dynamic Kernel Module Support - a way to load kernel modules at boot.
 ;DNS: Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system
 ;DPL: Dynamic Page Lists = Like a Cuisinart food processor, it allows you to slice and dice the contents of your wiki.
-;DRM: Digital Restrictions Management = Electronic methods to control what you can and can't do.
+;DRM: Digital Restrictions Management = Electronic methods to control what you can and can't do. In the context of video graphics, it means Direct Rendering Manager.
 ;EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org
 ;FHIR: [[wp:Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources|Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources]] is a standard for exchanging Healthcare data.
@@ Line 57: / Line 59: @@
 ;LXC:  is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily create and manage system or application containers.
 ;LXD: is a next generation system container manager. It offers a user experience similar to virtual machines but using Linux containers instead.
+;MOK: Machine Owner Key used in the [[wp:UEFI|UEFI]] for SecureBoot
 ;MOTD: Message Of The Day = [[MOTD]]
 ;NIST: (the US) National Institute of Standards and Technology
@@ Line 69: / Line 72: @@
 ;ORM: Object Relational Mapping = a database approach
 ;PCI DSS: The [[wp:Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard|Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard]] was created in 2006 to ensure that all companies that accept, process, store, or transmit credit card information operate securely. The framework is primarily intended to keep cardholder information safe. All companies handling this information must comply with PCI DSS, regardless of size. The framework is administered and enforced by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.
-;PDCA: Plan Do Check Act - [[wp:PDCA|PDCA]] is called the Deming Cycle or Deming Wheel [[File:PDCA-Multi-Loop.png|right|thumb]] https://deming.org/explore/pdsa/ https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/pdca/
+;PDCA: Plan Do Check Act = [[wp:PDCA|PDCA]] is called the Deming Cycle or Deming Wheel [[File:PDCA-Multi-Loop.png|right|thumb]] https://deming.org/explore/pdsa/ https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/pdca/
 ;PDF: Portable Document Format = a widely used standard for representing documents electronically and print. [[PDF]]
 ;PEAR: PHP Extension and Application Repository = a collection of code started in 1999 to enhance the utility of PHP.
@@ Line 106: / Line 109: @@
 ;SRE: Site Reliability Engineer
 ;SSL: Secure Sockets Layer = secure (encrypted) underpinning for HTTP
-;SVG: [[wp:SVG]] stands for Scalable Vector Graphics - an XML-based open standard of the W3C since 1999
+;SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics = an XML-based open standard of the W3C since 1999. See [[wp:SVG]]
 ;SWAG: Silly Wild-Ass Guess
+;TIMTOWTDI: There Is More Than One Way To Do It [[wp:Perl#Philosophy]] [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TIMTOWDI Urban Dictionary]  [[Wiktionary:TIMTOWTDI]]
 ;TLA: Three-Letter Acronym
 ;TLS: Transport Layer Security
+;[[wp:UEFI|UEFI]]: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. Replacement for BIOS. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI
 ;UOP: User Operation Prohibition = things you're not allowed to do with a DVD, like skip the FBI warning [[w:User operation prohibition]]
 ;UPO: User Preference Option = things that you can set in your "preferences".  [[Special:Preferences]]
@@ Line 117: / Line 122: @@
 ;VE: Visual Editor
 ;VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol, or commonly "Voice over IP", is the Internet alternative to POTS.
-;W3C: [[wp:World Wide Web Consortium]] - standards organization founded by internet pioneer '''Tim Berners-Lee'''
+;W3C: [[wp:World Wide Web Consortium]] = standards organization founded by internet pioneer '''Tim Berners-Lee'''
 ;WMF: WikiMedia Foundation = the organization which runs various projects including [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia.org]]
 ;WOFF: Web Open Font Format