== 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|UWN]], and arranged alphabetically.  This is a work in progress.


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 1. <<Anchor(ack)>>ACK - Acknowledgment.
 1. <<Anchor(acpid)>>acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Daemon.
 1. <<Anchor(agplv3)>>AGPLv3 - Affero General Public License, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License.
 1. <<Anchor(api)>>API - Application Programming Interface.
 1. <<Anchor(arm)>>ARM - Acorn RISC Machine
 1. <<Anchor(bof)>>BOF - Birds of a Feather - An informal discussion group, based on a shared interest, discussing without a pre-planned agenda
 1. <<Anchor(btrfs)>>BTRFS - B-Tree File System
 1. <<Anchor(bts)>>BTS - Debian Bug Tracking System - http://bugs.debian.org/
 1. <<Anchor(cc)>>CC - Community Council - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/what-is-the-ubuntu-community-council/706
 1. <<Anchor(cc2)>>CC - Creative Commons.
 1. <<Anchor(cli)>>CLI - Command Line Interface.
 1. <<Anchor(cms)>>CMS - Content Management System.
 1. <<Anchor(coc)>>CoC - Code of Conduct - http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct
 1. <<Anchor(dd)>>DD - Debian Developer
 1. <<Anchor(dfsg)>>DFSG - Debian Free Software Guidelines
 1. <<Anchor(dhcp)>>DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
 1. <<Anchor(d-i)>>d-i - debian-installer
 1. <<Anchor(dif)>>DIF - Debian Import Freeze - After this point, packages aren't automatically imported from Debian when updated. Time to focus on bugfixing & integration
 1. <<Anchor(dit)>>DIT - Directory Information Tree, for implementations of LDAP.
 1. <<Anchor(DIY)>>DIY - Do It Yourself
 1. <<Anchor(dmb)>>DMB - Developer Membership Board.
 1. <<Anchor(dns)>>DNS - Domain Name System.
 1. <<Anchor(dpmt)>>DPMT - Debian Python Module Team - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributingToDebian/PythonModulesTeam
 1. <<Anchor(drbd)>>DRBD - a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters.
 1. <<Anchor(drm)>>DRM - Direct Rendering Manager
 1. <<Anchor(eol)>>EOL - End Of Life
 1. <<Anchor(evdo)>>EVDO - Evolution-Data Optimized wireless communication.
 1. <<Anchor(ff)>>FF - Feature Freeze.
 1. <<Anchor(ffe)>>FFe - Feature Freeze exception.
 1. <<Anchor(FLOSS)>>FLOSS - Free Libre Open Source Software.
 1. <<Anchor(foss)>>FOSS - Free Open Source Software.
 1. <<Anchor(fosdem)>>FOSDEM - Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting.
 1. <<Anchor(ftp)>>FTP - File Transfer Protocol.
 1. <<Anchor(ftbfs)>>FTBFS - Fails To Build From Source. - For example when building a package with debuild (http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/ftbfs/)
 1. <<Anchor(fud)>>FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.
 1. <<Anchor(gdm)>>GDM - GNOME Display Manager.
 1. <<Anchor(give-back)>>give-back - Give back to the builder - Retry a build.
 1. <<Anchor(gpg)>>GPG - GNU Privacy Guard -  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpg
 1. <<Anchor(gpl)>>GPL - General Public License.
 1. <<Anchor(GPU)>>GPU - Graphics Processing Unit.
 1. <<Anchor(gsma)>>GSMA - Groupe Speciale Mobile Association.
 1. <<Anchor(guadec)>>GUADEC - GNOME Users’ And Developers’ European Conference.
 1. <<Anchor(gui)>>GUI - Graphical User Interface.
 1. <<Anchor(HA)>>HA - High Availability.
 1. <<Anchor(hal)>>HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer
 1. <<Anchor(HDD)>>HDD - Hard Disk Drive
 1. <<Anchor(ict)>>ICT - Information and Communitcation Technology.
 1. <<Anchor(im)>>IM - Instant Messaging.
 1. <<Anchor(imap)>>IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol.
 1. <<Anchor(IP)>>IP - Intellectual Property.  A term used as a blanket to cover Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents.
 1. <<Anchor(ipsec)>>IPsec - Internet Protocol Security.
 1. <<Anchor(irc)>>IRC - Internet Relay Chat.
 1. <<Anchor(iso)>>ISO - International Organization for Standardization.  Also, the suffix given to disk images that comply with the conventional Standards format.
 1. <<Anchor(ISV)>>ISV - Independent Software Vendors.
 1. <<Anchor(ita)>>ITA - Intent To Adopt - http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
 1. <<Anchor(itp)>>ITP - Intent To Package - http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
 1. <<Anchor(jdk)>>JDK - (OpenJDK) Java Developer's Kit.
 1. <<Anchor(KML)>>KML - Keyhole Markup Language: an XML-based language schema for expressing geographic annotation and visualization.
 1. <<Anchor(kvm)>>KVM - Kernel based Virtual Machine.
 1. <<Anchor(lamp)>>LAMP - Linux, Apache, My``SQL, Perl (or some say PHP).
 1. <<Anchor(lapp)>>LAPP - Linux, Apache, Postgre``SQL, Perl (or some say PHP).
 1. <<Anchor(lcd)>>LCD - Liquid Crystal Display.
 1. <<Anchor(ld)>>LD - Local Directory.
 1. <<Anchor(ldap)>>LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
 1. <<Anchor(lgpl)>>LGPL - Lesser General Public License.
 1. <<Anchor(lp)>>LP - Launch``Pad - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaunchPad https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/
 1. <<Anchor(lkml)>>LKML - Linux Kernel Mailing List.
 1. <<Anchor(loco)>>Lo``Co - Local Community
 1. <<Anchor(lpi)>>LPI - Launchpad Integration.
 1. <<Anchor(lrm)>>lrm - linux-restricted-modules
 1. <<Anchor(lts)>>LTS - Long Term Support. - Said of a release that will receive support for 3-years/5-years rather than the typical 18 months
 1. <<Anchor(ltsp)>>LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project.
 1. <<Anchor(lug)>>LUG - Linux User's Group.
 1. <<Anchor(lvm)>>LVM - Logical Volume Manager.
 1. <<Anchor(mc)>>MC - MOTU Council - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Council
 1. <<Anchor(mia)>>MIA - Missing In Action.
 1. <<Anchor(mid)>>MID - Mobile Internet Device.
 1. <<Anchor(mir)>>MIR - Main Inclusion Report - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess
 1. <<Anchor(mom)>>MoM - Merge-o-Matic - The official Ubuntu merge system, which lists outstanding packages where there has been a Debian upload since the last Ubuntu upload. http://merges.ubuntu.com/
 1. <<Anchor(motu)>>MOTU - Master Of The Universe - Developers responsible for the Universe and Multiverse repositories. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU
 1. <<Anchor(motu swat)>>MOTU SWAT - MOTU Special Weapons And Tactics - Handles Universe Security
 1. <<Anchor(nas)>>NAS - Network-attached storage.
 1. <<Anchor(nbs)>>NBS - Not Built from Source - Packages no longer built from source, and therefore candidates for removal from the archives. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NBS
 1. <<Anchor(NGO)>>NGO - Non-governmental Organization.
 1. <<Anchor(nmu)>>NMU - Non-maintainer upload - Term from the Debian world. When someone other than the formal maintainer uploads a package, f.ex. containing a bug fix
 1. <<Anchor(ntfs)>>NTFS - the standard file system of Windows NT.
 1. <<Anchor(ntp)>>NTP - Network Time Protocol.
 1. <<Anchor(ntr)>>NTR - Nonprofit Technology Resources.
 1. <<Anchor(odf)>>ODF - Open Document Format.
 1. <<Anchor(oem)>>OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer.
 1. <<Anchor(op)>>OP - Original Poster.
 1. <<Anchor(os)>>OS - Operating System.
 1. <<Anchor(OSCON)>>OSCON - The O'Reilly Open Source Convention.
 1. <<Anchor(osd)>>OSD - On Screen Display.
 1. <<Anchor(oss)>>OSS - Open Source Software.
 1. <<Anchor(oftc)>>OTFC - Open and Free Technology Community - #debian-python is on the OFTC IRC network (for example irc.debian.org to get a nearby server). #ubuntu-motu is on the freenode IRC network (for example irc.ubuntu.com to get a nearby server) http://www.oftc.net
 1. <<Anchor(pam)>>PAM - Pluggable Authentication Module.
 1. <<Anchor(papt)>>PAPT - Python Applications Packaging Team - Debian packaging team of python programs which don't provide public modules http://python-apps.alioth.debian.org/policy.html
 1. <<Anchor(pda)>>PDA - Personal Digital Assistant.
 1. <<Anchor(pop3)>>POP3 - Post Office Protocol version 3.
 1. <<Anchor(ppa)>>PPA - Personal Package Archive - http://help.launchpad.net/PPA
 1. <<Anchor(ppa2)>>PPA - Personal Project Archive.
 1. <<Anchor(q&a)>>Q&A - Question And Answer.
 1. <<Anchor(qa)>>QA - Quality Assurance.
 1. <<Anchor(rc)>>RC - Release Candidate.
 1. <<Anchor(rc2)>>RC - Release Critical
 1. <<Anchor(revu)>>REVU - ??? - A community developed package review site http://revu.ubuntuwire.com
 1. <<Anchor(rfp)>>RFP - Request For Package - http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
 1. <<Anchor(RISC)>>RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computer
 1. <<Anchor(rmb)>>RMB - Regional Membership Board.
 1. <<Anchor(RNG)>>RNG - Random Number Generator
 1. <<Anchor(rock)>>ROCK - Recognized Of Considerable Knowledge - Used as a compliment
 1. <<Anchor(saas)>>SaaS - Software as a Service.
 1. <<Anchor(sabdfl)>>sabdfl - Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life - Mark Shuttleworth.
 1. <<Anchor(sasl)>>SASL - Simple Authentication and Security Layer:  a framework for authentication and data security in Internet protocols.
 1. <<Anchor(sfd)>>SFD - Software Freedom Day.
 1. <<Anchor(soc)>>So``C - System on a Chip.
 1. <<Anchor(soho)>>So``Ho - Small Office, Home Office.
 1. <<Anchor(smb)>>SMB - Small, Medium sized Business
 1. <<Anchor(smtp)>>SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
 1. <<Anchor(sru)>>SRU - Search/Retrieve via URL.
 1. <<Anchor(sru2)>>SRU - Stable release updates. - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
 1. <<Anchor(ssd)>>SSD - Solid State Drive.
 1. <<Anchor(ssh)>>SSH - Secure SHell - a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices.
 1. <<Anchor(ssl)>>SSL - Secure Sockets Layer.
 1. <<Anchor(svm)>>svm - Support Vector Machine.
 1. <<Anchor(swat)>>SWAT - Samba Web Administration Tool.
 1. <<Anchor(tb)>>TB - Technical Board - http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard
 1. <<Anchor(TCK)>>TCK - Technology Compatibility Kit.
 1. <<Anchor(til)>>TIL - Touched-It-Last - The last person who uploaded a package. He's responsible for syncing or merging it when a new development cycle starts.
 1. <<Anchor(tls)>>Tls - Transport Layer Security, successor to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
 1. <<Anchor(UEC)>>UEC - Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.
 1. <<Anchor(uf)>>UF - Ubuntu Forums.
 1. <<Anchor(uds)>>UDS - Ubuntu Developer Summit.
 1. <<Anchor(uec)>>UEC - Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.
 1. <<Anchor(uehs)>>UEHS - Ubuntu External Health Status - http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/uehs/
 1. <<Anchor(ume)>>UME - Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded.
 1. <<Anchor(u-m-s)>>u-m-s - ubuntu-main-sponsors - Sponsor list for packages that are in main or restricted https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-main-sponsors
 1. <<Anchor(unmetdeps)>>unmetdeps - UNMET DEPendencieS - Packages that cannot be installed as the dependencies cannot be satisfied
 1. <<Anchor(une)>>UNE - Ubuntu Netbook Edition.
 1. <<Anchor(Unity)>>Unity - Ubuntu's New Desktop Shell
 1. <<Anchor(unr)>>UNR - Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
 1. <<Anchor(usb)>>USB - Universal Serial Bus.
 1. <<Anchor(utc)>>UTC - Coordinated Universal Time:  UTC replaced GMT as the basis for the main reference time scale or civil time in various regions on January 1, 1972.
 1. <<Anchor(u-u-s)>>u-u-s - ubuntu-universe-sponsors - Sponsor list for packages that are in universe or multiverse https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-universe-sponsors
 1. <<Anchor(vcs)>>VCS - Version Control Systems
 1. <<Anchor(uvf)>>UVF - Upstream Version Freeze
 1. <<Anchor(uwn)>>UWN - Ubuntu Weekly News
 1. <<Anchor(vga)>>VGA - Video Graphics Array.
 1. <<Anchor(vm)>>VM - Virtual Machine
 1. <<Anchor(vnc)>>VNC - Virtual Network Computing.
 1. <<Anchor(vpn)>>VPN - Virtual Private Network.
 1. <<Anchor(wnpp)>>WNPP - Work-Needing and Prospective Packages - List of packages in need of new maintainers and prospective packages in Debian http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
 1. <<Anchor(wpa)>>WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access.
 1. <<Anchor(ws-security)>>WS-Security - Web Service Security.
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