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 1. AGPLv3 - Affero General Public License, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License
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 1. CC - Creative Commons
 1. CMS - Content Management System
 1. DRBD - a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters.
 1. EVDO - Evolution-Data Optimized wireless communication
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 1. FOSDEM - Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting
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 1. GPL - General Public License
 1. GUADEC - GNOME Users’ And Developers’ European Conference
 1. GUI - Graphicical User Interface
 1. ICT - Information and Communitcation Technology
 1. IM - Instant Messaging
 1. IPsec - Internet Protocol Security
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 1. ISO - International Organization for Standardization. Also, the suffix given to disk images that comply with the conventional Standards format.
 1. JDK - (OpenJDK) Java Developer's Kit
 1. KVM - Kernel based Virtual Machine
 1. LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
 1. LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
 1. LGPL - Lesser General Public License
 1. LKML - Linux Kernel Mailing List
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 1. MID - Mobile Internet Device
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 1. NAS - Network-attached storage
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 1. OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
 1. OS - Operating System
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 1. PAM - Pluggable Authentication Module
 1. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
 1. PPA - Personal Project Archive
 1. QA - Quality Assurance
 1. SFD - Software Freedom Day
 1. So``C - System on a Chip
 1. So``Ho - Small Office, Home Office
 1. SRU - Search/Retrieve via URL
 1. SSD - Solid State Drive
 1. SSH - Secure SHell - a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices
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 1. USB - Universal Serial Bus
 1. VGA - Video Graphics Array
 1. VPN - Virtual Private Network
 1. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access

Glossary of Terms

The following Glossary of Terms is meant to be an information resource and reference of commonly and uncommonly used terms, formatted for use in the UWN, and arranged alphabetically. This is a work in progress. 

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  1. acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Daemon

  2. AGPLv3 - Affero General Public License, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License

  3. API - Application Programming Interface
  4. CC - Creative Commons
  5. CMS - Content Management System
  6. DRBD - a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters.
  7. EVDO - Evolution-Data Optimized wireless communication
  8. FOSS - Free Open Source Software
  9. FOSDEM - Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting
  10. FTBFS - Fails To Build From Source
  11. GPL - General Public License
  12. GUADEC - GNOME Users’ And Developers’ European Conference
  13. GUI - Graphicical User Interface
  14. ICT - Information and Communitcation Technology
  15. IM - Instant Messaging
  16. IPsec - Internet Protocol Security
  17. IRC - Internet Relay Chat
  18. ISO - International Organization for Standardization. Also, the suffix given to disk images that comply with the conventional Standards format.
  19. JDK - (OpenJDK) Java Developer's Kit
  20. KVM - Kernel based Virtual Machine
  21. LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
  22. LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  23. LGPL - Lesser General Public License
  24. LKML - Linux Kernel Mailing List
  25. LTS - Long Term Support
  26. LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project
  27. MID - Mobile Internet Device
  28. MOTU - Master Of The Universe - Developers responsible for the Universe and Multiverse repositories.
  29. NAS - Network-attached storage
  30. NTR - Nonprofit Technology Resources
  31. OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
  32. OS - Operating System
  33. OSS - Open Source Software
  34. PAM - Pluggable Authentication Module
  35. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
  36. PPA - Personal Project Archive
  37. QA - Quality Assurance
  38. SFD - Software Freedom Day

  39. SoC - System on a Chip

  40. SoHo - Small Office, Home Office

  41. SRU - Search/Retrieve via URL
  42. SSD - Solid State Drive
  43. SSH - Secure SHell - a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices
  44. UDS - Ubuntu Developer Summit
  45. USB - Universal Serial Bus
  46. VGA - Video Graphics Array
  47. VPN - Virtual Private Network
  48. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access

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