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

FUSE 

Filesystem in User Space

GNU

Gnu's Not Unix

HTML 

HyperText Markup Language

IANAL 

I Am Not A Lawyer

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.

KIO 

KDE Input/Output slaves

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

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

Filesystem in User Space

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

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."

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.

KDE Input/Output slaves

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

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