Difference between revisions of "Terminology"
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;ABBR :Abbreviation | ;ABBR :Abbreviation | ||
;API : Application Programming Interface | ;API : Application Programming Interface | ||
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;ASP : Application Service Provider | ;ASP : Application Service Provider | ||
: Application Server Pages - an old technology by Microsoft | : Application Server Pages - an old technology by Microsoft | ||
| + | ;BLU : Boston Linux Users = a Linux User Group in Boston, MA, USA | ||
;coax: coaxial cable | ;coax: coaxial cable | ||
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;DNS : Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system | ;DNS : Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system | ||
;FOSS : Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'. | ;FOSS : Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'. | ||
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;FUSE : Filesystem in User Space | ;FUSE : Filesystem in User Space | ||
;GAFYD : Google Apps For Your Domain | ;GAFYD : Google Apps For Your Domain | ||
| + | ;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. | ||
;GNU :Gnu's Not Unix | ;GNU :Gnu's Not Unix | ||
;GPL : General Public License. A sane copyright license | ;GPL : General Public License. A sane copyright license | ||
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;JSON : JavaScript Object Notation. A data representation format in JavaScript | ;JSON : JavaScript Object Notation. A data representation format in JavaScript | ||
;KIO : KDE Input/Output slaves | ;KIO : KDE Input/Output slaves | ||
| + | ;LUG : Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus | ||
;NPM : Node Packaged Modules. npm is a package manager for the Nodejs system | ;NPM : Node Packaged Modules. npm is a package manager for the Nodejs system | ||
;OOP : Object Oriented Programming hard to define. See [[OOP]]. | ;OOP : Object Oriented Programming hard to define. See [[OOP]]. | ||
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;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 | ||
;SCM : Software Configuration Management | ;SCM : Software Configuration Management | ||
Revision as of 00:21, 14 January 2016
See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Lingo for info
- ABBR
- Abbreviation
- API
- Application Programming Interface
- APT
- Advanced Package Tool. Created by the Debian project.
- ASP
- Application Service Provider
- Application Server Pages - an old technology by Microsoft
- BLU
- Boston Linux Users = a Linux User Group in Boston, MA, USA
- coax
- coaxial cable
- DNS
- Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system
- FOSS
- Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'.
- FLOSS
- Free / Libre Open Source Software
- FSF
- Free Software Foundation. fsf.org
- FUSE
- Filesystem in User Space
- GAFYD
- Google Apps For Your Domain
- 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.
- GNU
- Gnu's Not Unix
- GPL
- General Public License. A sane copyright license
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language
- IANAL
- I Am Not A Lawyer
- IP
- Internet Protocol. An IP Address is a host or device name in numeric form.
- IPv4
- Internet Protocol version 4
- IPv6
- Internet Protocal version 6
- IPR
- Intellectual Property Rights
- ISBN
- International Standard Book Number. ISBNs are 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.
- JS
- JavaScript. A computer language.
- JSON
- JavaScript Object Notation. A data representation format in JavaScript
- KIO
- KDE Input/Output slaves
- LUG
- Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus
- NPM
- Node Packaged Modules. npm is a package manager for the Nodejs system
- OOP
- Object Oriented Programming hard to define. See OOP.
- ORM
- Object Relational Mapping
- PEAR
- PHP Extension and Application Repository
- PHAR
- PHP Archive
- PHP
- PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor
- PRURL
- PRURLs
- Protocol Relative URL. Starts with '//' instead of 'HTTP(S)://'
- PSR-1
- PHP Standard Recommendation 1
- PSR-2
- PHP Standard Recommendation 2
- Regex
- Regular Expression, a search and replace syntax that allows for powerful pattern matching
- SCM
- Software Configuration Management
- SPF
- Sender Policy Framework
- SMW
- Semantic MediaWiki
- URL
- URLs
- Uniform Resource Locator. An address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.
- VCS
- Version Control System
- VE
- Visual Editor
