Glossary
Acronyms
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format
ALSA
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
API
Application Programming Interface
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATK
Accessibility Tool Kit
BICS
Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL
BIND
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BLFS
Beyond Linux From Scratch
CD
Compact Disk
CIFS
Common Internet File SystemSMB
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
CUPS
Common UNIX Printing System
CVS
Concurrent Versions System
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIN
German Industrial Norm
DNS
Domain Name Service
DSSSL
Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DVI
DeVice Independent
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
ESD
Enlighten Sound Daemon
FAM
File Alteration Monitor
FAME
Fast Assembly Mpeg Encoder
FB
Frame Buffer
FHS
File Hierarchy Standard
FLAC
Free Lossless Audio Codec
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GCC
GNU Compiler Collection
GDK
GTK+ Drawing Kit
GNAT
GNU NYU Ada 9x Translator
GNU
GNU's Not Unix
GPM
General Purpose Mouse
GTK
Gimp Tool Kit
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
HUP
Hang UP
IDL
Interface Definition Language
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
IMON
Inode MONitor
IP
Internet ProtocolTCP
ISP
Internet Service Provider
LAME
Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder
LAN
Local Area Network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LFS
Linux From Scratch
LPR
Line PRinter
LZO
Lemple-Ziv-Oberhumer
MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group
MTA
Mail Transport Agent
MUA
Mail User Agent
NASM
Netwide ASseMbler
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol
NFS
Network File System
ORB
Object Request BrokerCORBA
OSS
Open Sound System
PAM
Pluggable authentication Modules
PDF
Portable Document Format
POP
Post Office Protocol
PPD
PostScript Printer Description
PPP
Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE
Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet
RFC
Request For Comments
RP
Roaring Penguin
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
SANE
Scanner Access Now Easy
SBU
Static Binutils Units
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SMB
Server Message Block
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSH
Secure SHell
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SVGA
Super Video Graphics Array
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
UDF
Universal Disk Format
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
WWW
World Wide Web
XML
eXtensible Markup Language
XSL
eXtensible Style Language
XSLT
eXtensible Style Language Transformation
XMMS
X MultiMedia System