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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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- acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Daemon
- API - Application Programming Interface
- FOSS - Free Open Source Software
- FOSDEM - Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting
- FTBFS - Fails To Build From Source
- GUADEC - GNOME Users’ And Developers’ European Conference
- JDK - (OpenJDK) Java Developer's Kit
- IRC - Internet Relay Chat
- LTS - Long Term Support
- LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project
- MOTU - Master Of The Universe - Developers responsible for the Universe and Multiverse repositories.
- NTR - Nonprofit Technology Resources
- OSS - Open Source Software
- SFD - Software Freedom Day
- SSH - Secure SHell - a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices
- UDS - Ubuntu Developer Summit
- VPN - Virtual Private Network
- WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access