Terminology
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- ABBR
- Abbreviation
- AJAX
- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML = A means to exchange data with a server without loading a whole new page.
- 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
- ATM
- Automated Teller Machine (please don't call it an 'ATM Machine', that's redundant)
- 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
- coax
- coaxial cable
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets = A technology that deals with the presentation of content on the web
- DKIM
- DomainKeys Identified Mail = An IETF specification that combats SPAM on the Internet
- 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.
- EFF
- Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org
- 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 = Another attempt to de-emphasize the price connotation of 'free' and instead recognize that free means liberty.
- FSF
- Free Software Foundation. fsf.org
- FUBAR
- F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition
- 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, because Unix is proprietary software while Gnu is software that respects your freedom.
- GPL
- General Public License = A sane copyright license
- HHVM
- HipHop Virtual Machine = a PHP interpreter created at Facebook as an alternative to the Zend Engine interpreter. http://hhvm.com/
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language = structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text.
- HTTP
- HyperText Transfer Protocol = the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. See HTML
- HTTPS
- HTTP Secure = HTTP using SSL or the newer TLS
- IANAL
- I Am Not A Lawyer = but I'll play one on the Internet
- IETF
- Internet Engineering Task Force = organization to make the Internet work better
- 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 = A crazy idea that nonetheless is pervasive in the global legal system. See Also: GPL
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- MOTD
- Message Of The Day = MOTD
- NPM
- Node Packaged Modules = a package manager for the Nodejs system
- NSFW
- Not Safe For Work
- OASIS
- Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards = a global standards organization
- OOP
- Object Oriented Programming = hard to define. See OOP.
- OOUI
- Object Oriented User Interface mw:OOUI
- ORM
- Object Relational Mapping = a database approach
- 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.
- 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.
- PHP
- PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor = the most popular programming language for the web
- POTD
- Picture Of The Day
- POTY
- Picture Of The Year
- 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
- RSS
- Really Simple Syndication = a syntax for sharing data across the web.
- SCM
- Software Configuration Management
- SEO
- Search Engine Optimization
- SPAM
- unsolicited bulk email
- SPF
- Sender Policy Framework
- SMW
- Semantic MediaWiki = See Metadata
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer = secure (encrypted) underpinning for HTTP
- TLA
- Three-Letter Acronym
- 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
- 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.
- VCS
- Version Control System
- VE
- Visual Editor
- WMF
- WikiMedia Foundation = the organization which runs various projects including Wikipedia.org
- 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.
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language = a system for markup such that you can create your own 'schema' of terms rather than a specific markup language.
