jargon-buster jargon-buster-en.xml,1.5,1.6
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sun Aug 28 21:53:53 UTC 2005
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/jargon-buster
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retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- jargon-buster-en.xml 27 Aug 2005 01:47:39 -0000 1.5
+++ jargon-buster-en.xml 28 Aug 2005 21:53:51 -0000 1.6
@@ -327,6 +327,18 @@
<glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-cpu">
+ <glossterm>CPU</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The Central Processing Unit, or <acronym>CPU</acronym>, is
+ the "brain" of a computer. The rest of the computer is
+ organized around the CPU, so people often refer to computer
+ systems by the type of processor inside. Examples of CPUs
+ include Pentium-4, Athlon64, and PowerPC.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>cron</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -550,12 +562,12 @@
<acronym>GNOME</acronym> is the short name for the GNOME
Desktop, a product of the GNOME Project. GNOME is a
complete, free and easy-to-use desktop environment for
- users. It is also a powerful application development
- framework for software developers. GNOME provides a
- complete set of human interface guidelines, which means that
- GNOME strives to have a consistent look and feel for all its
- applications. Read more about GNOME at <ulink
- url="http://www.gnome.org/"/>.
+ UNIX-like operating systems such as &FED;. It is also a
+ powerful application development framework for software
+ developers. GNOME provides a complete set of human
+ interface guidelines, which means that GNOME strives to have
+ a consistent look and feel for all its applications. Read
+ more about GNOME at <ulink url="http://www.gnome.org/"/>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -617,36 +629,55 @@
<glossterm>GRUB</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- The GNU GRand Unified Boot Loader, or
- <acronym>GRUB</acronym> is a program which enables the user
- to select which installed operating system or kernel to load
- at system boot time. It also allows the user to pass
- arguments to the kernel. Refer to <ulink
- url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-grub-whatis.html">&RH;</ulink>
+ The <xref linkend="gl-jb-gnu"/> GRand Unified Boot Loader,
+ or <acronym>GRUB</acronym>, is a program which enables the
+ user to select an operating system or kernel to boot. It
+ also allows the user to pass arguments to the kernel. Refer
+ to <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/"/> for more
+ information about GRUB.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-i386">
<glossterm>i386</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- i386. The entire x86 line of computers and processors, from
- the Intel 386 forward all the way to Intel Pentium 4 and
- Athlon chips. All those are compatible with i386 instruction
- sets, the "lowest common denominator". Often used as
+ The entire set of computer processors that are compatible
+ with the Intel x86 platform, including Intel Pentium and
+ Celeron, AMD Athlon and Duron, and VIA C3 <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-cpu"/>s, are commonly referred to as
+ <systemitem>i386</systemitem>. The
+ <systemitem>i386</systemitem> term is often used as
shorthand for the distribution set of files meant for this
line of computers or processors.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-im">
+ <glossterm>IM</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Instant messaging, or <acronym>IM</acronym>, is a real-time,
+ text-based form of communication. You can use IM to have
+ conversations with individuals or groups. America Online, an
+ Internet service provider, popularized IM in the 1990's, but
+ many other providers such as Yahoo and Google offer similar
+ services. &FED; has programs such as
+ <application>gaim</application> that allow you to use IM to
+ communicate with other Internet users.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-irc">
<glossterm>IRC</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel. IRC is a real-time,
- text-based form of communication. With it, you can have
- conversations with multiple people in an open channel or
- chat with someone privately one-on-one.
+ Internet Relay Chat, or <acronym>IRC</acronym>, is a
+ real-time, text-based form of communication. You can use
+ IRC to have conversations with individuals or groups. IRC
+ is very similar to <xref linkend="gl-jb-im"/>, and offers
+ many of the same capabilities, but predates IM by many
+ years.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -654,18 +685,15 @@
<glossterm>ISO</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- As an acronym, ISO = International Standards Organization.
- More usefully, an abbreviation for the format of the
- downloadable version of the CD images, since the ISO defined
- the CD format.
- </para>
- <para>
- ISO standard ISO 9660:1988 entitled "Information processing
- -- Volume and file structure of CD-ROM for information
- interchange" does define the order of bits on a CD-ROM and
- so an image of an ISO 9660:1988 compliant media is called an
- ISO. For details see
- <ulink url="http://www.iso.org">iso.org</ulink>
+ <acronym>ISO</acronym> is an acronym that stands for
+ International Standards Organization. It is also used as an
+ abbreviation for the ISO-9660 format of a standard data
+ CD-ROM. &FED; offers installation CDs for &FC; as
+ downloadable files on the Internet, in the form of CD image
+ files sometimes called ISO files. These files can be burned
+ directly to CD media using a CD-Recordable drive, and the
+ resulting CD will contain all the files on the original &FC;
+ media.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -673,17 +701,12 @@
<glossterm>KDE</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- KDE is a desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE
- seeks to fill the need for an easy to use desktop for Unix
- workstations, similar to the desktop environments found
- under Mac OS or
- <trademark
- class="registered">Microsoft</trademark>
- <trademark
- class="registered">Windows</trademark>. Refer
- to the <ulink
- url="http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/">Home
- page</ulink> for more information.
+ KDE is a free and open desktop environment for UNIX-like
+ operating systems such as &FED;. KDE also offers a complete
+ development framework for writing graphical applications, as
+ well as an office application suite. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/"/> for more information
+ about KDE.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -691,53 +714,60 @@
<glossterm>kernel</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- The heart of Linux. The main code derived from Linus's
- original software.
+ A kernel is the core of an operating system, responsible for
+ managing memory and conducting hardware operations. The
+ Linux kernel used in &FED; is free and open source software,
+ originally written by Linux Torvalds. Many computer
+ scientists and programmers from around the world now
+ contribute to its development.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-kickstart">
<glossterm>kickstart</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- Many system administrators would prefer to use an automated
- installation method to install &RHL; on their machines. To
- answer this need, &RH; created the kickstart installation
- method. Using kickstart, a system administrator can create a
- single file containing the answers to all the questions that
- would normally be asked during a typical &RHL; installation.
- Refer to
- <ulink
- url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-kickstart2.html">&RH;
- </ulink>
+ Many system administrators prefer to use an automated
+ installation method to install &FED; on their machines. With
+ kickstart, a system administrator can create a single file
+ containing answers to all the questions asked during a &FED;
+ installation. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda"/> for more
+ information about kickstart.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Kudzu</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-kudzu">
+ <glossterm>kudzu</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- kudzu is the hardware autodetection & configuration
- tool, originally introduced in &RHL; 6.1. It detects changes
- in the system's hardware configuration, and gives the option
- of configuring added or removed devices. It's set up by
- default to run at each boot.
- <ulink
-url="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/additional-projects/kudzu/">fedora.redhat.com</ulink>
- for more.
+ The <command>kudzu</command> utility usually runs at boot
+ time. The <command>kudzu</command> utility detects changes
+ in the system's hardware configuration, and configures the
+ devices for use with &FED; software. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/additional-projects/kudzu/"/>
+ for more information about <command>kudzu</command>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-ldap">
<glossterm>LDAP</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
+ The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or
+ <acronym>LDAP</acronym>, is a standard for hierarchically
+ organizing and accessing collections of information. This
+ information may be practically anything, but LDAP is most
+ often used to collect information about organizations,
+ including personnel and resource information. &FED;
+ includes support for OpenLDAP, which is a free and open
+ source implementation of LDAP. For more information about
+ OpenLDAP, refer to <ulink url="http://www.openldap.org/"/>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>lilo</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-lilo">
+ <glossterm>LILO</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
LILO (LInux LOader) is a basic system program which boots
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