Glossary
Acronyms
669
UNIS/Composer 669 Module
ABI
Application Binary Interface
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
ASF
Advanced Streaming Format
ATA
AT-Attached
ATSC
Advanced Television Systems Committee
ATK
Accessibility ToolKit
AVI
Audio Video Interleave
BICS
Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL
BIND
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BLFS
Beyond Linux From Scratch
BMP
Bit MaP
CD
Compact Disk
CDDA
Compact Disc Digital Audio
CIFS
Common Internet File SystemSMB
CODEC
COmpression/DECompression module
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CRD
Color Rendering Dictionary
CSA
Color Space Array
CSS (on DVD)
Contents Scrambling System
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
CUPS
Common Unix Printing System
CVS
Concurrent Versions System
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIN
German Industrial Norm
DNS
Domain Name Service
DOS
Disk Operating System
DSC
Document Structuring Conventions
DSO
Dynamic Shared Objects
DSSSL
Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DVI
DeVice Independent
EPP
Enhanced Parallel Port
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
ESD
Enlighten Sound Daemon
ESMTP
Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
FAM
File Alteration Monitor
FAME
Fast Assembly Mpeg Encoder
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FAX
Facsimile
FB
Frame Buffer
FHS
File Hierarchy Standard
FLAC
Free Lossless Audio CODEC
FO
Formatted Objects
FOURCCC
FOUR Character Code
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GCC
GNU Compiler Collection
GDBM
GNU DataBase Manager
GDK
GTK+ Drawing Kit
GDM
GNOME Display Manager
GID
Group IDentity
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
GMP
GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic
GNAT
GNU NYU Ada 9x Translator
GNOME
GNU Network Object Model Environment
GNU
GNU's Not Unix
GPL
General Public License
GPM
General Purpose Mouse
GTK
GIMP ToolKit
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HFS
Hierarchical File System
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secured
HUP
Hang UP
ICC
International Color Consortium
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
IDL
Interface Definition Language
IJS
Ink Jet Systems
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
IMON
Inode MONitor
IP
Internet ProtocolTCP
IPX
Internetwork Packet eXchange
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
IrDA
Infrared Data Association
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP
Internet Service Provider
IT
ImpulseTracker Module
JAR
Java ARchive
JDK
Java Development Kit
JFIF
JPEG File Interchange Format>
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
KDC
Key Distribution Center
KDE
K Desktop Environment
LAME
Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder
LAN
Local Area Network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDIF
Lightweight Data Interchange Format
LFS
Linux From Scratch
LGPL
Library General Public License
LPR
Line PRinter
LZO
Lemple-Ziv-Oberhumer
MD
Message-Digest
MDA
Mail Delivery Agent
MED
MED/OctaMED Module
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MNG
Multiple-image Network Graphics
MOD
ProTracker Module
MP3
MPEG-1 audio layer 3
MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group
MTA
Mail Transport Agent
MTM
MultiTracker Module
MUA
Mail User Agent
NASM
Netwide ASseMbler
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol
NFS
Network File System
NTP
Network Time Protocol
OAF
Object Activation Framework
OMF
Open Metadata Framework
OMNI
OMNIdirectional
ORB
Object Request BrokerCORBA
ORDBMS
Object Relational Database Management System
OSS
Open Sound System
PAM
Pluggable authentication Modules
PBM
Portable BitMap
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCL
Printer Control Language
PDC
Primary Domain Controller
PDF
Portable Document Format
PIM
Personal Information Manager
PGM
Portable Grey Map
PHP
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
POP
Post Office Protocol
PPD
PostScript Printer Description
PPM
Portable Pixel Map
PPP
Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE
Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet
PS
PostScript
RAM
Random Access Memory
RCS
Revision Control System
RFC
Request For Comments
RGB
Red Green Blue
RGBA
Red Green Blue Alpha
ROM
Read-Only Memory
RP
Roaring Penguin
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RTP
Real Time Protocol
S3M
ScreamTracker Version 3 Module
S/MIME
Secure/MIME
SANE
Scanner Access Now Easy
SASL
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
SBU
Static Binutils Units
SCCS
Source Code Control System
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
SDK
Software Development Kit
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SMB
Server Message Block
SMIL
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
SQL
Structured Query Language
SSH
Secure SHell
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SUID
Set User IDentity
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics
SVGA
Super Video Graphics Array
TCL
Tool Command Language
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TIFF
Tag(ged) Image File Format
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TTF
TrueType Font
UCS
Universal Character Set
UDF
Universal Disk Format
UID
User IDentity
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UI
User Interface
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
USB
Universal Serial Bus
USR
Upstream Ready
UTF
UCS Transformation Format
UUCP
Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
VCD
Video Compact Disk
VESA
Video Electronics Standards Association
VGA
Video Graphics Array
VNC
Virtual Network Computer
VOB
Video OBject
WAV
Waveform Audio
WWW
World Wide Web
XDMCP
X Display Manager Control Protocol
XM
FastTracker Module
XML
eXtensible Markup Language
XSL
eXtensible Style Language
XSLT
eXtensible Style Language Transformation
XSM
X/Open System Management
XMMS
X MultiMedia System
YUV
Luminance-Bandwidth-Chrominance