jargon-buster jargon-buster-en.xml,1.7,1.8
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sun Sep 4 13:52:23 UTC 2005
Author: pfrields
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@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
</revdescription>
</revision>
<revision>
- <revnumber>1.9</revnumber>
+ <revnumber>1.9.1</revnumber>
<date>30 Sept 2004</date>
<authorinitials>PaulWFrields,TammyFox</authorinitials>
<revdescription>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
</revdescription>
</revision>
<revision>
- <revnumber>1.9.1</revnumber>
+ <revnumber>1.9.1.1</revnumber>
<date>17 Aug 2005</date>
<authorinitials>PaulWFrields</authorinitials>
<revdescription>
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@
accurate. However, many users simply call the updated
system "&FC;."
</para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gl-jb-cpu">
@@ -668,6 +667,17 @@
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-inkscape">
+ <glossterm>Inkscape</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Inkscape is a vector graphics illustration program. It uses
+ SVG as the default file format. For more information about
+ Inkscape, refer to <ulink url="http://www.inkscape.org/"/>.
+ </para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-sodipodi"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
<glossentry id="gl-jb-irc">
<glossterm>IRC</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -841,6 +851,18 @@
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-mirror">
+ <glossterm>mirror</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A mirror is a complete copy of an online resource. System
+ administrators of computers connected to the Internet often
+ create and provide mirrors for public use. If a resource
+ has one or more mirrors, many more users can access its
+ content without overloading the original resource.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
<glossentry id="gl-jb-mount">
<glossterm>mount</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -888,142 +910,103 @@
<glossterm>Nautilus</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- The graphical desktop includes a file manager called
- Nautilus that gives you a graphical display of your system
- and personal files. Nautilus is designed to be much more
- than a visual listing of files, however. It allows you to
- configure your desktop, configure your &RHL; system, browse
- your photo collection, access your network resources, and
- more all from one integrated interface. In essence, Nautilus
- becomes a shell for your entire desktop experience.
- <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-desktop-nautilus.html">redhat</ulink>
+ The <xref linkend="gl-jb-gnome"/> desktop environment
+ includes a file manager called Nautilus which provides a
+ graphical display of your system and personal files.
+ Nautilus also allows you to configure your desktop and
+ &FED;, browse your photo collection, access your network
+ resources, and more, all from an integrated interface. In
+ essence, Nautilus becomes a shell for your entire desktop
+ experience. <remark role="FIXME">Insert link to Nautilus
+ resource here.</remark>
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-package">
<glossterm>package</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- An alternate name for an RPM. Usually a number of files
- which together form an application or other usable software
- entity. Normally meant for installation by a package manager
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-rpm">RPM</glossseealso>
- <glossseealso otherterm="rhconfpkg">redhat-config-packages</glossseealso>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>pine</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Pine — a Program for Internet News & Email —
- is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic
- messages (email). Refer to
- <ulink url="http://www.washington.edu/pine/">washington.edu</ulink>
- </para>
+ Users often refer to a <xref linkend="gl-jb-rpm"/> file as a
+ <firstterm>package</firstterm>.
+ </para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-rpm"/>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Psyche</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-pine">
+ <glossterm>Pine</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- The name given to &RHL; 8
+ <acronym>Pine</acronym>, short for a Program for Internet
+ News and Email, is a tool for reading, sending, and managing
+ electronic messages. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://www.washington.edu/pine/"/> for more information
+ about <command>Pine</command>.
</para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-rawhide">
<glossterm>Rawhide</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- The bleeding edge, Rawhide is where the next version of
- packages are developed and tested. It is usually sort of
- stable, but on any given day any given package MIGHT be
- badly broken where the programmers are trying to add
- something or change something. Do not use on production
- machines, use at your own risk, etc.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="names">
- <glossterm>&RHL; Names</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Tettnang, Yarrow, Shrike, Psyche, et al. Names are given to
- individual versions of &RHL; and &DISTRO; for reference and
- easy memory. People often forget whether they are using RHL
- 8.0 (Psyche), RHL 9 (Shrike), or Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow), but
- the names are harder to forget. Note that other operating
- systems do the same thing, including other Linux distros and
- Microsoft (various versions of Windows have been named
- Chicago, Cairo, etc.).
+ Rawhide is a package repository which contains the latest
+ development versions of packages which will eventually be
+ included in &FED;. These latest versions are sometimes
+ called "bleeding edge" <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-package"/>, since they often
+ include new and untested technology. You should consider
+ the Rawhide repository "unstable," since any Rawhide package
+ <emphasis>might</emphasis> be badly broken if the
+ programmers are trying to add, change, or test features. If
+ you want to develop programs for &FED;, you may want to
+ install a system from Rawhide. If you only want to use a
+ stable &FED; system, you should use the standard &FC;
+ distribution instead.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-rhel">
<glossterm>RHEL</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- &RHEL; is the premiere operating system for open source
- computing. It's sold by annual subscription, runs on seven
- system architectures, is certified by top enterprise
- software and hardware vendors, and backed by a &RHN;
- subscription and up to 24x7 support with one-hour response.
- Refer to
- <ulink
- url="http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/">&RH;
- </ulink> for more.
+ Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or <acronym>&RHEL;</acronym>, is
+ the premiere operating system for open source computing.
+ &RHEL; runs on many system architectures, is certified by
+ top enterprise software and hardware vendors, and is backed
+ by a &RHN; subscription and up to 24x7 support with one-hour
+ response. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/"/> for more
+ information about &RHEL;.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry id="rhconfpkg">
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-redhat-config-packages">
<glossterm>redhat-config-packages</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- redhat-config-packages is the package manager for &RHL; and
- &DISTRO;. It supports installation of packages from CD or
- other sources
+ The <application>redhat-config-packages</application>
+ utility is a package installation for new &FC; systems which
+ have no software updates installed yet. Since most
+ administrators and users update their system software
+ regularly, <application>redhat-config-packages</application>
+ is not often used. Users should instead use the <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-yum"/> utility to install new software.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
- <glossterm>&RH; End User Licence Agreement (RHEULA)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Each of &RH; software products is covered by an End User
- License Agreement. Refer to
- <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/licenses/">&RH;</ulink>
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>rhgb </glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- &RH; Graphical Boot.
- </para>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 1 now uses a graphical interface while booting.
- The graphical boot screen will appear once the kernel has
- loaded. Graphical booting is controlled by the GRAPHICAL
- line in the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/init</filename> file;
- set it to "no" to permanently disable graphical booting. In
- addition, the parameter rhgb must be appended to your
- bootloader command line.
- </para>
- <para>
- Systems that have been upgraded to Fedora Core 1 will not be
- configured to include the graphical boot feature. You must
- install the rhgb package, and add the rhgb boot-time
- parameter to your bootloader configuration.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>RHN</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- &RHN;
+ <glossterm>rhgb</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ &RH; Graphical Boot, or
+ <application><acronym>rhgb</acronym></application>, is an
+ optional component of the boot process. The
+ <application>rhgb</application> application produces a boot
+ screen with a progress bar and fewer technical messages.
+ The <application>rhgb</application> application allows you
+ to click a link to see the technical boot messages if
+ desired. Systems that have been upgraded from &RHL; to &FC;
+ are not configured to include
+ <application>rhgb</application>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1031,9 +1014,13 @@
<glossterm>RHN Applet</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- This applet, although called the rhn-applet really has
- nothing to do with RHN in Fedora. It is really just the
- convenient mechanism for GUI access to up2date.
+ The <application>rhn-applet</application> utility was
+ originally designed for use with &RHEL; and Red Hat Network.
+ It provides a notification and user interface for system
+ updates using <xref linkend="gl-jb-up2date"/>. It allows
+ the user to retrieve and install system updates, but this
+ usage is no longer recommended. Users should use <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-yum"/> for system updates instead.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1041,179 +1028,118 @@
<glossterm>RPM</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- &RH; Package Manager, or nowadays, RPM Package Manager.
- </para>
- <para>
- The standard way to build and distribute any application for
- &RHL;, &DISTRO;, and other Linux distributions that now use
- the same format. This includes Mandrake and possibly others
- of which I might be unaware. RPM is also the name for the
- application and command with which you install, upgrade,
- query, or remove an RPM package, and you often refer to a
- package as "the Apache RPM" meaning the RPM file for that
- application. Can also check dependencies between installed
- and new packages.
+ <acronym>RPM</acronym> stands for RPM Package Manager. RPM
+ is a robust database system for maintaining software on
+ &FED; systems. Software packaged for &FED; is distributed
+ in special package files called RPM files, or RPMs. System
+ owners use the <command>rpm</command> utility to query the
+ RPM database for information about installed software.
+ Although some administrators use <command>rpm</command> to
+ install, update, and remove software, it is recommended that
+ you use <command>yum</command> for these purposes.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Rsync</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-rsync">
+ <glossterm>rsync</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- rsync is an open source utility that provides fast
- incremental file transfer. Refer to
- <ulink url="http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/">samba.anu.edu</ulink>
+ The <command>rsync</command> provides fast incremental file
+ transfers. Administrators frequently use
+ <command>rsync</command> to create a <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-mirror"/> of an online resource. Refer to
+ <ulink url="http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/"/> for more
+ information about <command>rsync</command>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-selinux">
<glossterm>SELinux</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- <ulink url="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">nsa.gov</ulink>,
- from which, Security-Enhanced Linux. This version of Linux
- has a strong, flexible mandatory access control architecture
- incorporated into the major subsystems of the kernel.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Severn</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The beta version of Fedora, closed off early November 2003,
- severn was the beta version 0.95
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Shrike</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The name given to &RHL; 9
+ SELinux is a set of extensions to the Linux <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-kernel"/> that provide extremely strong
+ security. SELinux is based on role definitions, and allows
+ very granular control over access to system resources based
+ on those roles. These security measures limit the risk
+ associated with computer intrusions by unauthorized persons.
+ For more information about SELinux, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/"/> and <ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq"/>.
</para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-sodipodi">
<glossterm>Sodipodi</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- Sodipodi is general vector illustrating application for
- Linux/Unix and Windows. It uses W3C SVG as native file and
- in-memory image format and can do many neat things. Refer to
- <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sodipodi">Sourceforge</ulink>
+ Sodipodi is a vector graphics illustration application. It
+ uses W3C SVG as its default format. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sodipodi/"/> for more
+ information.
</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-inkscape"/>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>SRPMs</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-srpm">
+ <glossterm>SRPM</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- Source RPM, contains the source code for the package in case
- you want to read it or modify it. You do not need any SRPMS
- to install or use the software.
+ A source <xref linkend="gl-jb-rpm"/>, or
+ <acronym>SRPM</acronym>, contains the source code for a
+ <xref linkend="gl-jb-rpm"/> package. If you want to read or
+ modify a program's source, use its SRPM. You do not need any
+ SRPMs to install or use software.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-rpm">RPM</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Tettnang</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-up2date">
+ <glossterm>up2date</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- "Tettnang" is the second release (version 2) of Fedora Core.
+ The <application>up2date</application> application is a
+ complete system for managing and updating software on &RHEL;
+ and &FED; systems. It has both command line and gui
+ modes. The <application>up2date</application> application is
+ no longer recommended for software management, since it has
+ been superseded by <command>yum</command>. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/"/> for more
+ information on managing software on your &FED; system.
</para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Up2date</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- up2date is a complete system for managing and updating RPM
- packages on &RHL; and &DISTRO; system. It has both command
- line and gui modes. Refer to
- <ulink
- url="http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/up2date.html">&RH;
- site</ulink> for more detail.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>VMware</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A commercial product,
- <trademark class="registered">VMware</trademark> Workstation
- is virtual machine software for the desktop. Optimized for
- the power user, VMware Workstation runs multiple operating
- systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and
- <trademark class="registered">Novell</trademark>
- <trademark class="registered">NetWare</trademark>,
- simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked, portable
- virtual machines. VMware Workstation works by enabling
- multiple operating systems and their applications to run
- concurrently on a single physical machine. These operating
- systems and applications are isolated in secure virtual
- machines that co-exist on a single piece of hardware. The
- VMware virtualization layer maps the physical hardware
- resources to the virtual machine's resources, so each
- virtual machine has its own CPU, memory, disks, I/O devices,
- etc. Virtual machines are the full equivalent of a standard
- x86 machine. Refer to its
- <ulink url="http://www.vmware.com/">home page </ulink> for
- more information.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-vino">
+ <glossterm>vino</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The <command>vino</command> utility is a variant of <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-vnc"/> used in &FC; 4 and beyond.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-vnc">
<glossterm>VNC</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is remote
- control software which allows you to view and interact with
- one computer (the "server") using a simple program (the
- "viewer") on another computer anywhere on the Internet.
- Refer to
- <ulink url="http://www.realvnc.com/">realvnc.com</ulink>
+ <application>VNC</application> stands for Virtual Network
+ Computing. It is remote control software which allows you to
+ view and interact with another computer over the network.
+ Refer to <ulink url="http://www.realvnc.com/"/> for more
+ information about VNC.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-xfs">
<glossterm>XFS</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
XFS is a journalling filesystem developed by SGI and used in
- SGI's IRIX operating system. It is now also available under
- GPL for linux. It is extremely scalable, using btrees
- extensively to support large and/or sparse files, and
- extremely large directories. The journalling capability
- means no more waiting for fsck's or worrying about meta-data
- corruption. Refer to
- <ulink
- url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#whatisxfs">oss.sgi.com</ulink>
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Ximian</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Provides a modified version of GNOME, which can be installed
- on a Linux distributions. Warning: After installing Ximian
- GNOME, it must be uninstalled before upgrading &RHL; or
- &DISTRO;. Refer to the <citetitle>Release Notes</citetitle>
- for details.
- </para>
- <para>
- Ximian had its genesis in the GNOME project and offers a
- complete Linux desktop environment and productivity
- application suite. Refer to
- <ulink url="http://www.ximian.com/about_us/">the home
- page</ulink>. The company was founded by some of the GNOME
- developers as a commercial entity related to GNOME. This led
- to the development of Evolution and improvement in GNOME.
- Bought by Novell Aug 2003
+ SGI's IRIX operating system. It is also available for &FED;
+ systems.. It is extremely scalable and has a journalling
+ capability to protect against corruption. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#whatisxfs"/>
+ for more information about XFS.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1221,68 +1147,31 @@
<glossterm>X Window System</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- Possibly a misnomer, though often used to describe the GUI
- (Window like ) user interface for Linux. Refer to
- <ulink
- url="http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/xwindows.html">ntlug.org</ulink>
- for the rationale.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>Yarrow</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- "Severn" was a beta version of Fedora and "yarrow" is the
- first release version 1, November 6, 2003
+ The X Window System, or simply "X," is the underlying
+ technology for GNOME, KDE, and other graphical environments
+ used in &FED;. X is a network-based system for displaying
+ and communicating graphical input and output. It is very
+ flexible and is suitable for a wide variety of
+ configurations such as remote desktops and thin-client
+ applications.
</para>
- <para>
- Also, yarrow - ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming
- Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having
- narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets;
- widely naturalized in North America. Yarrow is also, like
- Severn, a river in the UK.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gl-jb-yum">
- <glossterm>Yum</glossterm>
+ <glossterm>yum</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover
- for RPM systems. It automatically computes dependencies and
- figures out what actions should occur to install packages.
- Refer to
- <ulink
- url="http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/">Duke
- University</ulink>
+ The Yellow Dog Updater, or <acronym>yum</acronym>, is a
+ complete software management utility for RPM-based systems
+ such as &FED;. It automatically determines software
+ requirements, or <firstterm>dependencies</firstterm>, and
+ uses this data to install, update, or remove packages.
+ Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/"/> for more
+ information about <command>yum</command>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-<!--
-
-
-
-
-<glossentry>
- <glossterm></glossterm>
-<glossdef>
- <para> </para>
-</glossdef>
-</glossentry>
-
-<glossentry>
- <glossterm></glossterm>
-<glossdef>
- <para> </para>
-</glossdef>
-</glossentry>
-
-
-
-
--->
</glossdiv>
</glossary>
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