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

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;POTD : Picture Of The Day;POTY : Picture Of The Year

;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

;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]]

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

;VE : Visual Editor;WMF : WikiMedia Foundation = the organization which runs various projects including [[w:Main Page|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.