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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/gloss.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/gloss.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..32628779b1f --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/gloss.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,428 @@ +<glossary id="glossary"> +<title +>Glossary</title> + +<glossdiv> +<title +>A</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-article" +> +<glossterm +>Article</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>An <glossterm +>article</glossterm +> in the sense of newspapers: special <glossterm +>articles</glossterm +> are, for example, followups; replies are not <glossterm +>articles</glossterm +> but Email.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>C</title +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-cancel"> +<glossterm +>Cancelling</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para +>To delete one of your articles from the newsserver: the newsreader generates a special control message to tell the server to delete this article.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-crossposting"> +<glossterm +>Crossposting</glossterm +> +<glossdef> +<para +>The posting of an article in several newsgroups; this is very often disliked, because it disturbs the topic-oriented association of the newsgroups.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>E</title> + +<glossentry id="gloss-expire"> +<glossterm +>Expire</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +><glossterm +>Articles</glossterm +> can not be held for eternity because of harddisk limits. Because of this there is usually a program called <application +>expire</application +> on most computer systems; this program deletes all articles which are older than a configured number of days. &knode; includes this functionality on its own.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>F</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-faq"> +<glossterm +><acronym +>FAQ</acronym +></glossterm +> +<glossdef> +<para +><acronym +>FAQ</acronym +> is the acronym for <quote +>Frequently Asked Questions</quote +>.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-follow-up"> +<glossterm +>Followup</glossterm> +<glossdef +> +<para +>An <glossterm +>article</glossterm +> which is written as an answer to another <glossterm +>article</glossterm +>.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>G</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-gknsa"> +<glossterm +><acronym +>GNKSA</acronym +></glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para +><acronym +>GNKSA</acronym +> is a kind of seal-of-approval for newsreaders; you can get more information at <ulink url="http://www.gnksa.org" +>http://www.gnksa.org</ulink +>.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>H</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-header"> +<glossterm +>Header</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para +>The Header of an <glossterm +>article</glossterm +> contains information about the sender, the subject, and the newsgroup of the article.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>K</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-killfile"> +<glossterm +>Killfile</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>This is a functionality of a newsreader to hide <glossterm +>articles</glossterm +> of a determined sender or with certain contents.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>M</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-message-id"> +<glossterm +>Message-ID</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> + +<para +>The <glossterm +>Message-ID</glossterm +> of an article is a clear mark for the newsserver to identify the article. A <glossterm +>Message-ID</glossterm +> should not be used twice in the whole usenet for about 2 years; wrong or double <glossterm +>Message-IDs</glossterm +> could cause problems when forwarding them and could overwrite other articles.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>N</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-newbie"> +<glossterm +>Newbie</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>Somebody who is new somewhere, in relationship to usenet: somebody who is new to the newsgroup, or new to usenet in general.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-newsgroup"> +<glossterm +>Newsgroup</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>A kind-of bulletin board in the usenet about a special topic or a group of topics. This is where you post your <glossterm +>articles</glossterm +>.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-newsreader" +> +<glossterm +>Newsreader</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>A program for reading and writing <glossterm +>news</glossterm +>.</para +> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-nntp" +> <glossterm> +<acronym +><acronym +>NNTP</acronym +></acronym +> +</glossterm +> +<glossdef> +<para +>Network News Transport Protocol; this is the protocol which defines how the articles in the usenet are spread.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>P</title +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-port"> +<glossterm +>Port</glossterm> +<glossdef +> +<para +>A kind-of address for the application to listen for data on and for connecting to another computer; the standard-port for the connection between the newsreader and the newsserver is 119.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-pgp-signature"> +<glossterm +>PGP-Signature</glossterm +> +<glossdef> +<para +>A digital signature; you can use it to determine whether the document has been changed since it was signed or if it is the original text from the author.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-posting"> +<glossterm +>Posting</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>Either an <glossterm +>article</glossterm +> which is sent to usenet or the act of sending itself; you are <quote +>posting</quote +> an <glossterm +>article</glossterm +> into a newsgroup.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>Q</title +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-quoting"> +<glossterm +>Quoting</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>This is the act of citing of an article to which you are answering: you quote the original <glossterm +>article</glossterm +> to make clear which passages of text your answer refers to.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>R</title +> +<glossentry id="gloss-reply"> + +<glossterm +>Reply</glossterm +> +<glossdef +> +<para +>A <glossterm +>reply</glossterm +> is an answer to the author of an article by e-mail.</para> +</glossdef +> +</glossentry +> +</glossdiv +> + +<glossdiv +> +<title +>S</title +> + +<glossentry id="gloss-scoring"> +<glossterm +>Scoring</glossterm> +<glossdef> + +<para +>This is the valuation of an article or a thread.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-signature"> +<glossterm +>Signature</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para +>A <glossterm +>signature</glossterm +> is a personal sign of the author which is attached at the end of the normal contents of the article; it is like a visiting card — very often there are e-mail addresses, a homepage <acronym +>URL</acronym +> or other personal data. The <glossterm +>signature</glossterm +> should not be longer than 4 lines. Note that the <glossterm +>signature</glossterm +> should not be mixed up with the <glossterm +>PGP-signature</glossterm +>.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-supersede"> +<glossterm +>Supersede</glossterm> +<glossdef> + +<para +>This is the overwriting of an existing article: the newsreader generates a special article with a control message in the header which tells the newsserver to overwrite the existing article with this one.</para> + +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +</glossary> |