jargon-buster jargon-buster-en.xml,1.12,1.13

[Paul W. Frields (pfrields)]

Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/jargon-buster
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv11253

Modified Files:
	jargon-buster-en.xml 
Log Message:
- Add additional entries for input methods, programming features, and
  Xen (#177103)
- Additional cross referencing
- Delineate copyright information, partly for clarity and partly for
  properly exercising build tools



Index: jargon-buster-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/jargon-buster/jargon-buster-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- jargon-buster-en.xml	24 Oct 2005 11:36:48 -0000	1.12
+++ jargon-buster-en.xml	6 Jan 2006 15:19:21 -0000	1.13
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 <!ENTITY % FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN SYSTEM "../docs-common/common/fedora-entities-en.ent">
 %FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN;
 
-<!ENTITY BOOKID "jargon-buster-1.9.4.1 (2005-10-24)"> <!-- change version of manual and date here -->
+<!ENTITY DOCNAME "jargon-buster">
+<!ENTITY DOCVERSION "1.9.5">
+<!ENTITY DOCDATE "2006-01-06">
+<!ENTITY DOCID "&DOCNAME;-&DOCVERSION; (&DOCDATE;)">
 
 ]>
 
@@ -30,11 +33,20 @@
     <copyright>
       <year>2003</year>
       <year>2004</year>
-      <year>2005</year>
       <holder>Dave Pawson</holder>
-      <holder>Paul W. Frields</holder>
+    </copyright>
+    <copyright>
+      <year>2003</year>
+      <year>2004</year>
+      <year>2005</year>
       <holder>&FORMAL-RHI;</holder>
     </copyright>
+    <copyright>
+      <year>2004</year>
+      <year>2005</year>
+      <year>2006</year>
+      <holder>Paul W. Frields</holder>
+    </copyright>
     &LEGALNOTICE;
     <revhistory>
       <revision>
@@ -200,6 +212,24 @@
 	  </para>
 	</revdescription>
       </revision>
+      <revision>
+	<revnumber>1.9.5</revnumber>
+	<date>6 Jan 2006</date>
+	<authorinitials>PaulWFrields</authorinitials>
+	<revdescription>
+	  <para>
+	    Add additional entries for input methods, programming
+	    features, and Xen (#177103).
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+	    Additional cross referencing.
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+	    Delineate copyright information, partly for clarity and
+	    partly for properly exercising build tools.
+	  </para>
+	</revdescription>
+      </revision>
     </revhistory>
     
   </articleinfo>
@@ -207,14 +237,30 @@
   <para>
     This document clarifies some of the terms used on various lists, web
     pages, and IRC, when talking about &FED;. Many thanks to the people
-    on the fedora-list and at &RH; for their input.
+    on the fedora-list and at &RH; for their input.  If you cannot find
+    a term in this document that you think should appear here, use the
+    bug reporting information below to notify the maintainers.
   </para>
 
   &BUG-REPORTING;
-
+  
   <glossary id="fedora-glossary">
     <glossdiv>
       <title>Jargon Buster</title>
+      <glossentry id="gl-a11y">
+	<glossterm>a11y</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    An abbreviation for "accessibility," frequently used in
+	    programming to avoid unnecessary typing and misspelling.
+	    Accessibility is the provision of services for impaired
+	    users, such as text-to-speech translation for the visually
+	    impaired.  The <literal>11</literal> derives from the eleven
+	    letters between the beginning <literal>a</literal> and the
+	    ending <literal>y</literal>.
+	  </para>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-alsa">
         <glossterm>ALSA</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
@@ -326,6 +372,18 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-cjk">
+	<glossterm>CJK</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    An abbreviation for "Chinese, Japanese and Korean," East
+	    Asian languages which require the use of an <xref
+	    linkend="gl-input-method"/> platform due to the large number
+	    of possible typographic characters.
+	  </para>
+	  <glossseealso otherterm="gl-iiimf"/>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-clearlooks">
 	<glossterm>Clearlooks</glossterm>
 	<glossdef>
@@ -667,6 +725,21 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-i18n">
+	<glossterm>i18n</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    An abbreviation for "internationalization," frequently used
+	    in programming to avoid unnecessary typing and misspellings.
+	    Internationalization is the provision of multiple
+	    translations for messages that applications produce.  The
+	    <literal>18</literal> derives from the eighteen (18) letters
+	    between the beginning <literal>i</literal> and the ending
+	    <literal>n</literal>.
+	  </para>
+	  <glossseealso otherterm="gl-l10n"/>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-i386">
         <glossterm>i386</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
@@ -682,6 +755,20 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-iiimf">
+	<glossterm>IIIMF</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    The Intranet/Internet Input Method Framework, or
+	    <acronym>IIIMF</acronym>, is an <xref
+	    linkend="gl-input-method"/> framework for handling languages
+	    such as <xref linkend="gl-cjk"/>, which will not map readily
+	    to a standard keyboard device.  IIIMF works by loading
+	    language engines dynamically at runtime as they are
+	    requested by clients.
+	  </para>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-im">
 	<glossterm>IM</glossterm>
 	<glossdef>
@@ -708,6 +795,21 @@
 	  <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-sodipodi"/>
 	</glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-input-method">
+	<glossterm>Input method</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    A method used to enter text other than selecting each
+	    character directly on a keyboard or other input
+	    hardware. Input methods are widely used for entering
+	    ideographs and other characters phonetically or by
+	    component, such as in Esat Asian languages.  &FC; uses the
+	    <xref linkend="gl-iiimf"/> platform by default, but also
+	    offers other platforms such as <xref linkend="gl-scim"/>.
+	  </para>
+	  <glossseealso otherterm="gl-cjk"/>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-irc">
         <glossterm>IRC</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
@@ -790,6 +892,21 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-l10n">
+	<glossterm>l10n</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    An abbreviation for "localization," frequently used in
+	    programming to avoid unnecessary typing and misspelling.
+	    Localization is the provision of nation-specific settings
+	    for the representation of numbers, dates, currency, and
+	    other customary symbols.  The <literal>10</literal> derives
+	    from the ten letters between the beginning
+	    <literal>l</literal> and the ending <literal>n</literal>.
+	  </para>
+	  <glossseealso otherterm="gl-i18n"/>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-ldap">
         <glossterm>LDAP</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
@@ -842,7 +959,7 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
-      <glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-md5sum">
         <glossterm>md5sum</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
           <para>
@@ -852,15 +969,6 @@
             computation that makes it very unlikely that any two files
             will create the same hash value.
 	  </para>
-	  <para>
-            Download mirrors for &FC; <xref linkend="gl-jb-iso"/> image
-            files also include a related MD5SUMS file which contains the
-            hash values for the <xref linkend="gl-jb-iso"/> files.  Run
-            <command>md5sum</command> against the downloaded files to
-            verify the hash value.  If a file's hash value does not
-            match, you should not use that file to burn a CD.  Try
-            downloading the file again.
-          </para>
           <para>
 	    To download an MD5 hash program for Windows operating
 	    systems, refer to <ulink
@@ -1008,7 +1116,7 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
-      <glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-rhgb">
         <glossterm>rhgb</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
           <para>
@@ -1025,7 +1133,7 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
-      <glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-rhn-applet">
         <glossterm>RHN Applet</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
           <para>
@@ -1068,6 +1176,19 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-scim">
+	<glossterm>SCIM</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    The Smart Common Input Method platform, or
+	    <acronym>SCIM</acronym>, is a C++ library that abstracts
+	    input method interface into simple, independent classes.
+	    It provides a higher level and simpler interface than some
+	    other input method platforms.
+	  </para>
+	  <glossseealso otherterm="gl-input-method"/>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-selinux">
         <glossterm>SELinux</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
@@ -1084,6 +1205,32 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-sha1sum">
+        <glossterm>sha1sum</glossterm>
+        <glossdef>
+          <para>
+            The <command>sha1sum</command> utility computes a 160-bit
+            message digest hash value for any specified files.  A hash
+            value is a "fingerprint" for a given file, created by a
+            computation that makes it very unlikely that any two files
+            will create the same hash value.
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+            Download mirrors for &FC; <xref linkend="gl-jb-iso"/> image
+            files also include a related SHA1SUMS file which contains the
+            hash values for the <xref linkend="gl-jb-iso"/> files.  Run
+            <command>sha1sum</command> against the downloaded files to
+            verify the hash value.  If a file's hash value does not
+            match, you should not use that file to burn a CD.  Try
+            downloading the file again.
+          </para>
+          <para>
+	    To download an SHA-1 hash program for Windows operating
+	    systems, refer to <ulink
+	    url="http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/"/>.
+          </para>
+        </glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-sodipodi">
         <glossterm>Sodipodi</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
@@ -1106,7 +1253,7 @@
             modify a program's source, use its SRPM. You do not need any
             SRPMs to install or use software.
           </para>
-          <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-rpm">RPM</glossseealso>
+          <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-rpm"/>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-system-config-packages">
@@ -1186,6 +1333,22 @@
           </para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
+      <glossentry id="gl-xen">
+	<glossterm>Xen</glossterm>
+	<glossdef>
+	  <para>
+	    Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor for Intel x86
+	    machines which supports concurrent execution of multiple
+	    guest operating systems.  Using Xen, an administrator can
+	    set up many virtual machines running on a single physical
+	    computer.  Any single virtual machine, while executing,
+	    performs nearly as well as the physical system without Xen.
+	    Xen may be used for testing software, providing large-scale
+	    web hosting on limited hardware, any many other
+	    applications.
+	  </para>
+	</glossdef>
+      </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="gl-jb-yum">
         <glossterm>yum</glossterm>
         <glossdef>