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