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review of terms, and style consistency of the terminology definitions
;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
;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'.
;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
;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
;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
;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. 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
;MOTD : Message Of The Day = [[MOTD]]
;NPM : Node Packaged Modules. npm is = a package manager for the Nodejs system;OASIS : Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards = a global standards organization;OOP : Object Oriented Programming = hard to define. See [[OOP]].;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;PHP : PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor= the most popular programming language for the web
;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
;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
;URL
;URLs :Uniform Resource Locator. An = 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 [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia.org]];WWW : World Wide Web = The 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.
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