Glossary

abriviation and glossary for commonly used words that may not be clear to newbies. use dict to get descriptions/translations.

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AFAIK
As Far As I Know
aka
Also Known As
b0rk
Geek slang for break, or broken
blog
Short for weB LOG. A kind of online diary.
Charter
a document describing what the community's ideals are.
cron
برنامج لتنظيم جدولة مواعيد تنفيذ البرامج
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets; a way to separate webpage presentation from content.
distro
Short for `distribution'. A different flavor of linux.
emacs
emacs is a popular text editor. It has a complete lisp environment inside it.
FOSS
Free/Open Source Software
fud
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
IAX
Inter-Asterisk eXchange
IIRC
Abbreviation (اختصار) for `If I Recall Correctly'
Installfest
مهرجان تثبيت الينكس
ISA
In shaa Allah
Log
A record of events.
LTSP
Linux Terminal Server Project LTSP.org, a thin clients server project that works with any distro
LUG
Linux Users' Group
LyX
LyX is a WYSIWYM document preparing program. It is like a word processor, only far better.
PAM
Pluggable Authentication Modules
PBX
Private branch exchange
sakia
ساقية عبد المنعم الصاوى (بالزمالك)
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
SME
Small to Medium sized Enterprise. In other words, a business.
spam
Unsolicited commercial e-mail, or just junk mail.
troll
A troll is a reference to a post which is made in an online forum with the intent of making people unnecessarily angry or generating unnecessary controversy. When someone does this, they are said to be trolling. A high quality troller will be able to overcome his ideals, beliefs, and upbringing to make whatever kind of statement will have maximum effect. We all know, additionally, that gentoo sucks. Especially emacs-using gentooers.
vi
vi is a popular text editor. It is standard on UNIX-like systems.
vim
vim is an improved version of vi.
VOIP
Voice Over Internet Protocol
windows
A severe skin inflammation in or around the butt.
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
WYSIWYM
What You See Is What You Mean
YUM
`Yellowdog Updater Modified'; the package manager of Fedora.
الهاكرز
مطور برمجيات