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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. API - Application Programming Interface
  3. FOSS - Free Open Source Software
  4. FTBFS - Fails To Build From Source
  5. IRC - Internet Relay Chat
  6. LTS - Long Term Support
  7. LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project
  8. MOTU - Master Of The Universe - Developers responsible for the Universe and Multiverse repositories.
  9. NTR - Nonprofit Technology Resources
  10. OSS - Open Source Software
  11. UDS - Ubuntu Developer Summit