Terminology

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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 & Unix = a Linux User Group in Boston, MA, USA with roots that go back into the days of Unix

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 and/or those who created it in the first place; and continue to this day.

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

Abbreviation

Application Programming Interface

Advanced Package Tool. Created by the Debian project.

Application Service Provider

Application Server Pages - an old technology by Microsoft

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

coaxial cable

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

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

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

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

Free Software Foundation. fsf.org

Filesystem in User Space

Google Apps For Your Domain (now called Google Workspace)

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.

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

General Public License = A sane copyright license

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

I Am Not A Lawyer (but I'll play one on the Internet ;-)) Because this acronym can be interpreted as crude, Heather Meeker suggests an alternative 'disclaimer' in online discussions: "If this were legal advice, it would have come with an invoice."

Internet Protocol version 4

Internet Protocal version 6

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

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.

JavaScript = A computer language.

JavaScript Object Notation = A data representation format in JavaScript

KDE Input/Output slaves

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

Node Packaged Modules = a package manager for the Nodejs system

Object Oriented Programming = hard to define. See OOP.

Object Relational Mapping = a database approach

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PHP Standard Recommendation 1

PHP Standard Recommendation 2

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

Software Configuration Management

Sender Policy Framework

Semantic MediaWiki = See Metadata

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

Version Control System

Visual Editor