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ABI |
Application Binary Interface |
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ALFS |
Automated Linux From Scratch |
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ALSA |
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ATA |
Advanced Technology Attachment (see IDE) |
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BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
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BLFS |
Beyond Linux From Scratch |
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BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
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chroot |
change root |
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CLFS |
Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch |
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CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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COS |
Class Of Service |
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CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
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CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DNS |
Domain Name Service |
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EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Adapter |
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ELF |
Executable and Linkable Format |
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EOF |
End of File |
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EQN |
equation |
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EVMS |
Enterprise Volume Management System |
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ext2 |
second extended file system |
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FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
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FHS |
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard |
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FIFO |
First-In, First Out |
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FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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GB |
Gibabytes |
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GCC |
GNU Compiler Collection |
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GID |
Group Identifier |
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GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
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HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
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IDE |
Integrated Drive Electronics |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
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IO |
Input/Output |
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IP |
Internet Protocol |
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IPC |
Inter-Process Communication |
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IRC |
Internet Relay Chat |
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ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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KB |
Kilobytes |
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LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
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LFS |
Linux From Scratch |
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LSB |
Linux Standard Base |
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MB |
Megabytes |
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MBR |
Master Boot Record |
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MD5 |
Message Digest 5 |
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NIC |
Network Interface Card |
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NLS |
Native Language Support |
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NNTP |
Network News Transport Protocol |
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NPTL |
Native POSIX Threading Library |
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OF |
Open Firmware |
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OSS |
Open Sound System |
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PCH |
Pre-Compiled Headers |
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PCRE |
Perl Compatible Regular Expression |
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PID |
Process Identifier |
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PTY |
pseudo terminal |
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QA |
Quality Assurance |
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QOS |
Quality Of Service |
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RAM |
Random Access Memory |
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RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
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RTC |
Real Time Clock |
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SCO |
The Santa Cruz Operation |
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SATA |
Serial ATA |
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SGR |
Select Graphic Rendition |
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SHA1 |
Secure-Hash Algorithm 1 |
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SMP |
Symmetric Multi-Processor |
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TLDP |
The Linux Documentation Project |
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TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
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TLS |
Thread-Local Storage |
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UID |
User Identifier |
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umask |
user file-creation mask |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
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UUID |
Universally Unique Identifier |
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VC |
Virtual Console |
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VGA |
Video Graphics Array |
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VT |
Virtual Terminal |