From 83b9bf0e3bfb1d842b10b80bbe749095b2c661a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tpearson Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:58:28 +0000 Subject: Added old KDE3 version of Krusader git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/applications/krusader@1094427 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/en/glossary.docbook | 355 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 355 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/en/glossary.docbook (limited to 'doc/en/glossary.docbook') diff --git a/doc/en/glossary.docbook b/doc/en/glossary.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..70b889f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/glossary.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,355 @@ + + + + Glossary + + 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. + Thanks to + wikipedia.org the + free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. + + + ACL + + + + + Access Control List; 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. + + + + + BSD + + + + Berkeley + Software Distribution; refers to any of several free + &UNIX;-compatible operating systems, derived from + BSD&UNIX;. + + + + + CVS + + + + + Concurrent Versions System; an important component of + Source Configuration Management (SCM). By using it, + developers can record the history of source files and + documents. + + + + + DEB + + + This is a binary file format that is used by + + &debian; and &debian;-based + distributions. It is a suffix of a installation file + specifically built for these distributions; e.g. + krusader_1.70.1-1_amd64.deb. Simply + described it is a special archive containing all the + program files and their proposed location on the + system. + + + + + DCOP + + + + Desktop + Communication Protocol; the interprocess + communication protocol used by &kde; desktop + environment. It enables various &kde; applications + to communicate with each other. + + + + + FAQ + + + + Frequently Asked Questions; 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. + + + + &FTP; + + + + File Transfer Protocol; it is an Internet protocol + that allows you to retrieve files from so-called + &FTP; servers. + + + + + GPL + + + + GNU General + Public License; a software license created by the + Free Software + Foundation defining the terms for releasing free + software. + + + + &GUI; + + + + Graphical User Interface. + + + + + ISO + + + An + ISO + image (.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. + + + + &kde; + + + K Desktop + Environment; a project to develop a free graphical + desktop environment for &UNIX; compatible + systems. + + + + Key Binding + + 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 + keyboard is remakably + faster than using the menubar or + GUI. + Keyboard usage is an + important tool for + Orthodox File Managers. + &krusader; comes with several predefined + &keybindigs-lnk;. + + + + Kpart + + + + Kpart; 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. + + + + + KIO or kioslave + + + KDE + Input/Output; 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. + + + + mount + + + + Mouting; 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. + + + + + OFM + + + + + Orthodox File Manager; also known as "Commanders". + Members of this family of file managers use simple yet very + powerful interface that is a direct derivative of the + + Norton Commander (NC) interface. + + + + RPM + + This is the binary file format for distributions based + on the + RPM Package Manager, + 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. + + + + + SSH, Secure Shell + + + SSH; + is a set of standards and an associated network protocol that allows + establishing a secure channel between a local and a remote computer. + + + + + SVN, Subversion + + + + Subversion; a version control system that is a + compelling replacement for + CVS. It is used by many + software projects including &kde; and + &krusader;. + + + + Terminal emulator + + + + Terminal emulator; 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. + + + + + POSIX + + + + "Portable + Operating System Interface for uniX"; 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. + + + + + &URL; + + + + Universal + Resource Locater; a universal resource locater is the + technical term for what is commonly referred to as a websites + address. Examples of URLs include + + http://krusader.sourceforge.net and + &remote-connections-lnk;. + + + + + VFS + + + &vfs-lnk; is a basic + OFM feature, 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;. + + + + XML + + + Extensible + Markup Language; 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. + + + + Zeroconf + + + Zeroconf; + 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. + + + -- cgit v1.2.1