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;BMW : Bavarian Motor Works = German car company

;coax: coaxial cable

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

;FOSS : Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'.

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

;FLOSS : Free / Libre Open Source Software = Another attempt to de-emphasize the price connotation of 'free' and instead recognize that free means liberty.

;FOSS: Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'.

;FSF : Free Software Foundation. fsf.org

;FLOSS: Free / Libre Open Source Software = Another attempt to de-emphasize the price connotation of 'free' and instead recognize that free means liberty.

;FUBAR : F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition

;FSF: Free Software Foundation. fsf.org

;FUSE : Filesystem in User Space

;FUBAR: F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition

;GAFYD : Google Apps For Your Domain

;FUSE: Filesystem in User Space

;GNHLUG : Greater New Hampshire Linux User Groups = an association of User Groups in and around the state of New Hampshire, USA of people interested in Linux technology and/or those who created it in the first place; and continue to this day.

;GAFYD: Google Apps For Your Domain

;GNU : Gnu's Not Unix, because Unix is proprietary software while Gnu is software that respects your freedom.

;GNHLUG: Greater New Hampshire Linux User Groups = an association of User Groups in and around the state of New Hampshire, USA of people interested in Linux technology and/or those who created it in the first place; and continue to this day.

;GPL : General Public License = A sane copyright license

;GNU: Gnu's Not Unix, because Unix is proprietary software while Gnu is software that respects your freedom.

;HHVM : HipHop Virtual Machine = a PHP interpreter created at Facebook as an alternative to the Zend Engine interpreter. http://hhvm.com/

;GPL: General Public License = A sane copyright license

;HTML : HyperText Markup Language = structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text.

;HHVM: HipHop Virtual Machine = a PHP interpreter created at Facebook as an alternative to the Zend Engine interpreter. http://hhvm.com/

;HTTP : HyperText Transfer Protocol = the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. See HTML

;HTML: HyperText Markup Language = structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text.

;HTTPS : HTTP Secure = HTTP using SSL or the newer TLS

;HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol = the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. See HTML

;IANAL : I Am Not A Lawyer = but I'll play one on the Internet

;HTTPS: HTTP Secure = HTTP using SSL or the newer TLS

;IETF : Internet Engineering Task Force = organization to make the Internet work better

;IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer = but I'll play one on the Internet

;IP : Internet Protocol. An IP Address is a host or device name in numeric form.

;IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force = organization to make the Internet work better

;IPv4 : Internet Protocol version 4

;IP: Internet Protocol. An IP Address is a host or device name in numeric form.

;IPv6 : Internet Protocal version 6

;IPv4: Internet Protocol version 4

;IPR : Intellectual Property Rights = A crazy idea that nonetheless is pervasive in the global legal system. See Also: GPL

;IPv6: Internet Protocal version 6

;IRL : In Real Life = A TLA used when 'virtual' was a thing. Now the virtual has permeated 'meat space' and so the two are not so distinct.

;IPR: Intellectual Property Rights = A crazy idea that nonetheless is pervasive in the global legal system. See Also: GPL

;ISBN : International Standard Book Number = 10-digit or 13-digit codes used by the publishing industry to uniquely identify individual book titles and editions. Some 10-digit ISBNs may end with an "X" instead of a digit.

;IRL: In Real Life = A TLA used when 'virtual' was a thing. Now the virtual has permeated 'meat space' and so the two are not so distinct.

;JS : JavaScript = A computer language.

;ISBN: International Standard Book Number = 10-digit or 13-digit codes used by the publishing industry to uniquely identify individual book titles and editions. Some 10-digit ISBNs may end with an "X" instead of a digit.

;JSON : JavaScript Object Notation = A data representation format in JavaScript

;JS: JavaScript = A computer language.

;KIO : KDE Input/Output slaves

;JSON: JavaScript Object Notation = A data representation format in JavaScript

;LUG : Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus

;KIO: KDE Input/Output slaves

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

;LUG: Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus

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

;node:

;nodes:A worker machine in a [[Kubernetes]] cluster.

;NPM : Node Packaged Modules = a package manager for the Nodejs system

;NPM: Node Packaged Modules = a package manager for the Nodejs system

;NSFW : Not Safe For Work

;NSFW: Not Safe For Work

;OASIS : Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards = a global standards organization

;OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards = a global standards organization

;OOP : Object Oriented Programming = hard to define. See [[OOP]].

;OOP: Object Oriented Programming = hard to define. See [[OOP]].

;OOUI : Object Oriented User Interface [[mw:OOUI]]

;OOUI: Object Oriented User Interface [[mw:OOUI]]

;ORM : Object Relational Mapping = a database approach

;ORM: Object Relational Mapping = a database approach

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

;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.

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

;PHAR : PHP Archive = a distribution format. See https://secure.php.net/manual/en/intro.phar.php

;PHAR: PHP Archive = a distribution format. See https://secure.php.net/manual/en/intro.phar.php

;Phishing : attempt to acquire sensitive information such as passwords or credit card details by masquerading as a trusted party.

;Phishing: attempt to acquire sensitive information such as passwords or credit card details by masquerading as a trusted party.

;PHP: PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor = the most popular programming language for the web

;Pod:

;Pod

;Pods: A Pod (as in a pod of whales or pea pod) is a group of one or more containers , with shared storage/network resources, and a specification for how to run the containers. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/

;POTD : Picture Of The Day

;POTD: Picture Of The Day

;POTY : Picture Of The Year

;POTY: Picture Of The Year

;PRURL

;PRURLs :Protocol Relative URL. Starts with '//' instead of 'HTTP(S)://'

;PSR-1 : PHP Standard Recommendation 1

;PSR-1: PHP Standard Recommendation 1

;PSR-2 : PHP Standard Recommendation 2

;PSR-2: PHP Standard Recommendation 2

;Regex : Regular Expression = a search and replace syntax that allows for powerful pattern matching

;Regex: Regular Expression = a search and replace syntax that allows for powerful pattern matching

;RSS : Really Simple Syndication = a syntax for sharing data across the web.

;RSS: Really Simple Syndication = a syntax for sharing data across the web.

;SCM : Software Configuration Management

;SCM: Software Configuration Management

;SEO: Search Engine Optimization

;SPAM : unsolicited bulk email

;SPAM: unsolicited bulk email

;SPF : Sender Policy Framework

;SPF: Sender Policy Framework

;SMW :Semantic MediaWiki = See [[Metadata]]

;SMW:Semantic MediaWiki = See [[Metadata]]

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

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

;TLA : Three-Letter Acronym

;TLA: Three-Letter Acronym

;TLS : Transport Layer Security

;TLS: Transport Layer Security

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

;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]]

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

;URL

;URLs :Uniform Resource Locator = an address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.

;URLs:Uniform Resource Locator = an address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.

;VCS : Version Control System

;VE : Visual Editor

;VE: Visual Editor

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

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

;WOFF : Web Open Font Format

;WOFF: Web Open Font Format

;WWW : World Wide Web = the part of the Internet where websites and documents can be found via HTTP or HTTPS.

;WWW: World Wide Web = the part of the Internet where websites and documents can be found via HTTP or HTTPS.

;XML:Extensible Markup Language = a system for markup such that you can create your own 'schema' of terms rather than a specific markup language.

[[Category:Wiki]]

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 ;BMW : Bavarian Motor Works = German car company
 ;coax: coaxial cable
-;CSS : Cascading Style Sheets = A technology that deals with the presentation of content on the web
+;CNCF:Cloud Native Computing Foundation https://www.cncf.io/ - a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation.
-;DKIM : DomainKeys Identified Mail = An IETF specification that combats SPAM on the Internet
+;CSS: Cascading Style Sheets = A technology that deals with the presentation of content on the web
-;DNS : Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system
+;DKIM: DomainKeys Identified Mail = An IETF specification that combats SPAM on the Internet
-;DPL : Dynamic Page Lists = Like a Cuisinart food processor, it allows you to slice and dice the contents of your wiki.
+;DNS: Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system
-;DRM : Digital Restrictions Management = Electronic methods to control what you can and can't do.
+;DPL: Dynamic Page Lists = Like a Cuisinart food processor, it allows you to slice and dice the contents of your wiki.
-;EFF : Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org
+;DRM: Digital Restrictions Management = Electronic methods to control what you can and can't do.
-;FOSS : Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'.
+;EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org
-;FLOSS : Free / Libre Open Source Software = Another attempt to de-emphasize the price connotation of 'free' and instead recognize that free means liberty.
+;FOSS: Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'.
-;FSF : Free Software Foundation. fsf.org
+;FLOSS: Free / Libre Open Source Software = Another attempt to de-emphasize the price connotation of 'free' and instead recognize that free means liberty.
-;FUBAR : F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition
+;FSF: Free Software Foundation. fsf.org
-;FUSE : Filesystem in User Space
+;FUBAR: F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition
-;GAFYD : Google Apps For Your Domain
+;FUSE: Filesystem in User Space
-;GNHLUG : Greater New Hampshire Linux User Groups = an association of User Groups in and around the state of New Hampshire, USA of people interested in Linux technology and/or those who created it in the first place; and continue to this day.
+;GAFYD: Google Apps For Your Domain
-;GNU : Gnu's Not Unix, because Unix is proprietary software while Gnu is software that respects your freedom.
+;GNHLUG: Greater New Hampshire Linux User Groups = an association of User Groups in and around the state of New Hampshire, USA of people interested in Linux technology and/or those who created it in the first place; and continue to this day.
-;GPL : General Public License = A sane copyright license
+;GNU: Gnu's Not Unix, because Unix is proprietary software while Gnu is software that respects your freedom.
-;HHVM : HipHop Virtual Machine = a PHP interpreter created at Facebook as an alternative to the Zend Engine interpreter. http://hhvm.com/
+;GPL: General Public License = A sane copyright license
-;HTML : HyperText Markup Language = structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text.
+;HHVM: HipHop Virtual Machine = a PHP interpreter created at Facebook as an alternative to the Zend Engine interpreter. http://hhvm.com/
-;HTTP : HyperText Transfer Protocol = the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. See HTML
+;HTML: HyperText Markup Language = structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text.
-;HTTPS : HTTP Secure = HTTP using SSL or the newer TLS
+;HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol = the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. See HTML
-;IANAL : I Am Not A Lawyer = but I'll play one on the Internet
+;HTTPS: HTTP Secure = HTTP using SSL or the newer TLS
-;IETF : Internet Engineering Task Force = organization to make the Internet work better
+;IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer = but I'll play one on the Internet
-;IP : Internet Protocol. An IP Address is a host or device name in numeric form.
+;IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force = organization to make the Internet work better
-;IPv4 : Internet Protocol version 4
+;IP: Internet Protocol. An IP Address is a host or device name in numeric form.
-;IPv6 : Internet Protocal version 6
+;IPv4: Internet Protocol version 4
-;IPR : Intellectual Property Rights = A crazy idea that nonetheless is pervasive in the global legal system. See Also: GPL
+;IPv6: Internet Protocal version 6
-;IRL : In Real Life = A TLA used when 'virtual' was a thing.  Now the virtual has permeated 'meat space' and so the two are not so distinct.
+;IPR: Intellectual Property Rights = A crazy idea that nonetheless is pervasive in the global legal system. See Also: GPL
-;ISBN : International Standard Book Number = 10-digit or 13-digit codes used by the publishing industry to uniquely identify individual book titles and editions. Some 10-digit ISBNs may end with an "X" instead of a digit.
+;IRL: In Real Life = A TLA used when 'virtual' was a thing.  Now the virtual has permeated 'meat space' and so the two are not so distinct.
-;JS : JavaScript = A computer language.
+;ISBN: International Standard Book Number = 10-digit or 13-digit codes used by the publishing industry to uniquely identify individual book titles and editions. Some 10-digit ISBNs may end with an "X" instead of a digit.
-;JSON : JavaScript Object Notation = A data representation format in JavaScript
+;JS: JavaScript = A computer language.
-;KIO : KDE Input/Output slaves
+;JSON: JavaScript Object Notation = A data representation format in JavaScript
-;LUG : Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus
+;KIO: KDE Input/Output slaves
-;MOTD : Message Of The Day = [[MOTD]]
+;LUG: Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus
+;MOTD: Message Of The Day = [[MOTD]]
 ;node:
 ;nodes:A worker machine in a [[Kubernetes]] cluster.
-;NPM : Node Packaged Modules = a package manager for the Nodejs system
+;NPM: Node Packaged Modules = a package manager for the Nodejs system
-;NSFW : Not Safe For Work
+;NSFW: Not Safe For Work
-;OASIS : Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards = a global standards organization
+;OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards = a global standards organization
-;OOP : Object Oriented Programming = hard to define.  See [[OOP]].
+;OOP: Object Oriented Programming = hard to define.  See [[OOP]].
-;OOUI : Object Oriented User Interface [[mw:OOUI]]
+;OOUI: Object Oriented User Interface [[mw:OOUI]]
-;ORM : Object Relational Mapping = a database approach
+;ORM: Object Relational Mapping = a database approach
-;PDF : Portable Document Format = a widely used standard for representing documents electronically and print. [[PDF]]
+;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.
+;PEAR: PHP Extension and Application Repository = a collection of code started in 1999 to enhance the utility of PHP.
-;PHAR : PHP Archive = a distribution format. See https://secure.php.net/manual/en/intro.phar.php
+;PHAR: PHP Archive = a distribution format. See https://secure.php.net/manual/en/intro.phar.php
-;Phishing : attempt to acquire sensitive information such as passwords or credit card details by masquerading as a trusted party.
+;Phishing: attempt to acquire sensitive information such as passwords or credit card details by masquerading as a trusted party.
 ;PHP: PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor = the most popular programming language for the web
-;Pod:
+;Pod
 ;Pods: A Pod (as in a pod of whales or pea pod) is a group of one or more containers , with shared storage/network resources, and a specification for how to run the containers. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/
-;POTD : Picture Of The Day
+;POTD: Picture Of The Day
-;POTY : Picture Of The Year
+;POTY: Picture Of The Year
 ;PRURL
 ;PRURLs :Protocol Relative URL.  Starts with '//' instead of 'HTTP(S)://'
-;PSR-1 : PHP Standard Recommendation 1
+;PSR-1: PHP Standard Recommendation 1
-;PSR-2 : PHP Standard Recommendation 2
+;PSR-2: PHP Standard Recommendation 2
-;Regex : Regular Expression = a search and replace syntax that allows for powerful pattern matching
+;Regex: Regular Expression = a search and replace syntax that allows for powerful pattern matching
-;RSS : Really Simple Syndication = a syntax for sharing data across the web.
+;RSS: Really Simple Syndication = a syntax for sharing data across the web.
-;SCM : Software Configuration Management
+;SCM: Software Configuration Management
 ;SEO: Search Engine Optimization
-;SPAM : unsolicited bulk email
+;SPAM: unsolicited bulk email
-;SPF : Sender Policy Framework
+;SPF: Sender Policy Framework
-;SMW :Semantic MediaWiki = See [[Metadata]]
+;SMW:Semantic MediaWiki = See [[Metadata]]
-;SSL : Secure Sockets Layer = secure (encrypted) underpinning for HTTP
+;SSL: Secure Sockets Layer = secure (encrypted) underpinning for HTTP
-;TLA : Three-Letter Acronym
+;TLA: Three-Letter Acronym
-;TLS : Transport Layer Security
+;TLS: Transport Layer Security
-;UOP : User Operation Prohibition = things you're not allowed to do with a DVD, like skip the FBI warning [[w:User operation prohibition]]
+;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]]
+;UPO: User Preference Option = things that you can set in your "preferences".  [[Special:Preferences]]
 ;URL
-;URLs :Uniform Resource Locator = an address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.
+;URLs:Uniform Resource Locator = an address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.
 ;VCS : Version Control System
-;VE : Visual Editor
+;VE: Visual Editor
-;WMF : WikiMedia Foundation = the organization which runs various projects including [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia.org]]
+;WMF: WikiMedia Foundation = the organization which runs various projects including [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia.org]]
-;WOFF : Web Open Font Format
+;WOFF: Web Open Font Format
-;WWW : World Wide Web = the part of the Internet where websites and documents can be found via HTTP or HTTPS.
+;WWW: World Wide Web = the part of the Internet where websites and documents can be found via HTTP or HTTPS.
 ;XML:Extensible Markup Language = a system for markup such that you can create your own 'schema' of terms rather than a specific markup language.
 [[Category:Wiki]]