ABI |
Application Binary Interface |
ALSA |
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ATA |
Advanced Technology Attachment (see IDE) |
BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
bless |
manipulate a filesystem so that OF will boot from it |
BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
CBLFS |
Community Driven Beyond Linux From Scratch |
chroot |
change root |
CLFS |
Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch |
CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
COS |
Class Of Service |
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DNS |
Domain Name Service |
EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Adapter |
ELF |
Executable and Linkable Format |
EOF |
End of File |
EQN |
equation |
ext2 |
second extended file system |
ext3 |
third extended file system |
ext4 |
fourth 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 |
Gigabytes |
GCC |
GNU Compiler Collection |
GID |
Group Identifier |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
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 Standard Base |
MB |
Megabytes |
MBR |
Master Boot Record |
MD5 |
Message Digest 5 |
NIC |
Network Interface Card |
NLS |
Native Language Support |
NPTL |
Native POSIX Threading Library |
OF |
Open Firmware |
OSS |
Open Sound System |
PCH |
Pre-Compiled Headers |
PID |
Process Identifier |
PTY |
pseudo terminal |
QA |
Quality Assurance |
QOS |
Quality Of Service |
RAM |
Random Access Memory |
RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
RTC |
Real Time Clock |
SCO |
The Santa Cruz Operation |
SATA |
Serial ATA |
SGR |
Select Graphic Rendition |
SHA1 |
Secure-Hash Algorithm 1 |
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 |