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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. FOSDEM - Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting
  5. FTBFS - Fails To Build From Source
  6. GUADEC - GNOME Users’ And Developers’ European Conference
  7. GUI - Graphicical User Interface
  8. JDK - (OpenJDK) Java Developer's Kit
  9. ICT - Information and Communitcation Technology
  10. IRC - Internet Relay Chat
  11. LTS - Long Term Support
  12. LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project
  13. MOTU - Master Of The Universe - Developers responsible for the Universe and Multiverse repositories.
  14. NTR - Nonprofit Technology Resources
  15. OS - Operating System
  16. OSS - Open Source Software
  17. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
  18. SFD - Software Freedom Day
  19. SSH - Secure SHell - a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices
  20. UDS - Ubuntu Developer Summit
  21. USB - Universal Serial Bus
  22. VGA - Video Graphics Array
  23. VPN - Virtual Private Network
  24. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access