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A copy of the license is available on the * +* GNU site http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html or by writing to: * +* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, * +* MA 02110-1301, USA. * +*********************************************************************** --> + <indexterm> + <primary>Glossary</primary> + </indexterm> + <para>This chapter is intended to explain the various words which + have been used throughout the &krusader; + documentation. If you believe some acronyms or terms are missing, + please do not hesitate to contact the &krusader; + documentation team.</para> + <para>Thanks to + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/">wikipedia.org</ulink> the + free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.</para> + <glossentry id="gloss-acl"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>ACL</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_control_list"> + Access Control List</ulink>; a concept in computer security + used to enforce privilege separation. It is a means of + determining the appropriate access rights to a given object + depending on certain aspects of the process that is making + the request.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-bsd"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>BSD</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsd">Berkeley + Software Distribution</ulink>; refers to any of several free + &UNIX;-compatible operating systems, derived from + <acronym>BSD</acronym>&UNIX;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-cvs"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>CVS</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System"> + Concurrent Versions System</ulink>; an important component of + Source Configuration Management (SCM). By using it, + developers can record the history of source files and + documents.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-deb"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>DEB</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>This is a binary file format that is used by + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian"> + &debian;</ulink> and &debian;-based + distributions. It is a suffix of a installation file + specifically built for these distributions; e.g. + <filename>krusader_1.70.1-1_amd64.deb</filename>. Simply + described it is a special archive containing all the + program files and their proposed location on the + system.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glos-dcop"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>DCOP</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dcop">Desktop + Communication Protocol</ulink>; the interprocess + communication protocol used by &kde; desktop + environment. It enables various &kde; applications + to communicate with each other.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glos-faq"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>FAQ</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <link linkend="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</link>; a + document where questions that arise many times are answered. + If you have a question to the developers of + &krusader;, you should always have a look at the + &faq-lnk; first.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glos-ftp"> + <glossterm>&FTP;</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol"> + File Transfer Protocol</ulink>; it is an Internet protocol + that allows you to retrieve files from so-called + &FTP; servers.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-gpl"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>GPL</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpl">GNU General + Public License</ulink>; a software license created by the + <ulink url="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software + Foundation</ulink> defining the terms for releasing free + software.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-gui"> + <glossterm>&GUI;</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface"> + Graphical User Interface</ulink>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-iso"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>ISO</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>An + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image">ISO + image</ulink> (.iso) is an informal term for a disk image of + an ISO 9660 file system. More loosely, it refers to any + optical disk image, even a UDF image.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-kde"> + <glossterm>&kde;</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kde">K Desktop + Environment</ulink>; a project to develop a free graphical + desktop environment for &UNIX; compatible + systems.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-keybinding"> + <glossterm>Key Binding</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>All features of &krusader; are available + through the menubar, but you can also bind (link) a certain + key combination to that function. You will find, however, + that using the + <link linkend="keyboard-commands">keyboard</link> is remakably + faster than using the menubar or + <link linkend="gloss-gui">GUI</link>. + <link linkend="keyboard-commands">Keyboard usage</link> is an + important tool for + <link linkend="gloss-ofm">Orthodox File Managers</link>. + &krusader; comes with several predefined + &keybindigs-lnk;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-kpart"> + <glossterm>Kpart</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPart"> + Kpart</ulink>; KParts is the name of the component framework + for the &kde; desktop environment. KParts are + analogous to Bonobo components in &gnome-url;, + both of which are based on the same concepts as + &Microsoft;'s Object Linking and Embedding. e.g. + if you use &krusader;'s viewer to view a PDF file, + KPDF wil be launched inside &krusader;'s + viewer.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-kio"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>KIO</acronym> or kioslave</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioslave">KDE + Input/Output</ulink>; also known as + &kioslaves1-url; is part of the &kde; + architecture. It provides access to files, web sites and + other resources through a single consistent API.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-mount"> + <glossterm>mount</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_%28computing%29"> + Mouting</ulink>; in computer science, is the process of + making a file system ready for use by the operating system, + typically by reading certain index data structures from + storage into memory ahead of time. The term recalls a period + in the history of computing when an operator had to mount a + magnetic tape or hard disk on a spindle before using + it.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-ofm"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>OFM</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml"> + Orthodox File Manager</ulink>; also known as "Commanders". + Members of this family of file managers use simple yet very + powerful interface that is a direct derivative of the + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander"> + Norton Commander</ulink> (NC) interface.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-rpm"> + <glossterm>RPM</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>This is the binary file format for distributions based + on the + <ulink url="http://www.rpm.org/">RPM Package Manager</ulink>, + a widely used packaging tool for the &Linux; + operating system. If you still have to get + &krusader; and your system supports RPM packages, + you should get &krusader; packages ending in + .rpm.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-ssh"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>SSH</acronym>, Secure Shell</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH">SSH</ulink>; + is a set of standards and an associated network protocol that allows + establishing a secure channel between a local and a remote computer.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-svn"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>SVN</acronym>, Subversion</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion"> + Subversion</ulink>; a version control system that is a + compelling replacement for + <link linkend="gloss-cvs">CVS</link>. It is used by many + software projects including &kde; and + &krusader;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-termemu"> + <glossterm>Terminal emulator</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator"> + Terminal emulator</ulink>; simply a windowed shell; this is + known as command line window in some other environments. If + you want to use the shell and type the commands, you should + know at least a few of the system-level commands for your + operating system.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-posix"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>POSIX</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posix">"Portable + Operating System Interface for uniX"</ulink>; a collective + name of a family of related standards specified by the IEEE + to define the application programming interface (API) for + software compatible with variants of the &UNIX; + operating system.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-url"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>&URL;</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL">Universal + Resource Locater</ulink>; a universal resource locater is the + technical term for what is commonly referred to as a websites + address. Examples of URLs include + <ulink url="http://krusader.sourceforge.net"> + http://krusader.sourceforge.net</ulink> and + &remote-connections-lnk;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-vfs"> + <glossterm> + <acronym>VFS</acronym> + </glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>&vfs-lnk; is a basic + <link linkend="features">OFM feature</link>, this an + abstracted layer over all kinds of archived information (ZIP + files, FTP servers, TAR archives, NFS filesystems, SAMBA + shares, ISO cd/dvd images, RPM catalogs, etc.), which allows + the user to access all the information in these divergent + types of file systems transparently - just like entering an + ordinary sub-directory! &krusader; supports + several &vfs-lnk;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-xml"> + <glossterm>XML</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xml">Extensible + Markup Language</ulink>; a very flexible text format derived + from SGML (ISO 8879). Originally designed to meet the + challenges of large-scale electronic publishing, XML is also + playing an increasingly important role in the exchange of a + wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-zeroconf"> + <glossterm>Zeroconf</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroconf">Zeroconf</ulink>; + or Zero Configuration Networking is a set of techniques that automatically + create a usable IP network without configuration or special servers. + This allows inexpert users to connect computers, networked printers, + and other items together and expect them to work automatically.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> +</glossary> |