Glossary

ACM

Association for Computing Machinery

ADO

ActiveX Data Object

Ajax

Asynchronous Javascript And XML

aka

also known as

ALGOL

Algorithmic Language

ALSA

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture

AOL

America On-Line

AP

Aristotle Pagaltzis

API

Application Programmer’s Interface

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATP

After Tax Profit

BASIC

Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BDUF

Big Design Up Front

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group

BSD

Berkeley Systems Distribution

CA

Computer Associates, Inc.

CD

Compact Disc

CDN

Content Delivery Network

CGI

Common Gateway Interface

CMS

Content Management System

COBOL

Common Business-Oriented Language

CPAN

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRUD

Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

CSV

Character Separated Values

CUPS

Common Unix Printing System

CVS

Concurrent Versions System

DBI

Database Interface

DC

Direct Current

DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DHTML

Dynamic H.T.M.L.

djb

Dan Bernstein

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DMCA

Digital Millenium Copyright Act

DNS

Domain Name Service

DNSBL

Domain Name Service Blacklist

DOM

Document Object Model

DRM

Digital Rights(?) Management

DSL

Domain-Specific Language

DTD

Document Type Declaration

DVCS

Distributed Version Control System

DVD

Digital Versatile Disc

E.g.

For example

e.g.

for example

EAI

Enterprise Application Integration

EICTA

European Information and Communication Technology Association

EPO

European Patent Office

ESB

Enterprise Service Beans

etc.

et cetera

EU

European Union

EULA

End-User Licence Agreement

EXSLT

Extensions to Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations

F.ex.

For example

f.ex.

for example

FAQ

Frequently Answered Questions

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FFII

Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure

FIFO

First in, First out

FP

functional programming

FSF

Free Software Foundation

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FUD

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt

GB

Gigabyte

GCC

GNU Compiler Collection

GHz

Gigaherz

GIMP

The GNU Image Manipulation Program

GMX

Global Mail Exchange

GNOME

GNU Network Object Model Environment

GNU

GNU’s Not Unix

GPG

GNU Privacy Guard

GPL

General Public Licence

gtk

Gimp Toolkit

GUI

Graphical User Interface

GWA

Google Web Accelerator

HBS

Harvard Business School

HR

Human Resources

HT

Hyperthreading

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HP

Hewlett Packard

IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IBM

International Business Machines

IDE

Integrated Development Environment

i.e.

that is,

IE

Internet Explorer

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IM

Instant Messaging

IP

Intellectual Property

IPO

Initial Public Offering

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

ISBN

International Standard Book Number

ISO

International Standards Organisation

ISP

Internet Service Provider

IT

Information Technology

IV

intravenous

JID

Jabber ID

JMP

John McPherson

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

KB

Kilobyte

kHz

Kilohertz

KDE

K Desktop Environment

km

kilometer

LED

Light Emitting Diode

lkml

Linux kernel mailing list

MB

Megabyte

MBA

Master of Business Administration

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MJD

Mark Jason Dominus

MPAA

Motion Picture Association of America

MS

Microsoft

MTA

Mail Transport Agent

ms

milliseconds

Msloc

million source lines of code

MSRC

Microsoft Security Response Center

MTV

Music Television

MU

Mozilla Update

MVC

Model-View-Controller

NB

Nota bene

NC

North Carolina

NSA

National Security Agengy

NTP

Network Time Protocol

NTPD

Network Time Protocol Daemon

NX

No-Execute

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

ODF

Open Document Format

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OO

Object Orientation

OOP

Object Oriented Programming

Open XML

Microsoft Office Open XML

OPML

Outline Processor Markup Language

ORM

Object/Relational Mapper

OS

Operating System

OSCON

Open Source Convention

OSS

Open Source Software

QoS

Quality of Service

PC

Personal Computer

PDF

Portable Document Format

PEAR

PHP Extension and Application Repository

PGP

Pretty Good Privacy

PHP

PHP: Hypertext Processor

PHP/FI

Personal Home Page/Form Interpreter

PM

Project Manager

POD

Plain Old Documentation

POSIX

Portable Operating System Interface

PPPoE

Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet

PR

Public Relations

PTO

Patent and Trademark Office

PVP-OPM

Protected Video Path – Output Protection Management

px

pixel

RCS

Revision Control System

REST

Representational State Transfer

RFC

Request for Comments

RIAA

Recording Industry Association of America

ROM

Read-Only Memory

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

RSS

Really Simple Syndication

RT

Request Tracker

SAX

Simple API for XML

SCO

Santa Cruz Operation

SDK

Software Development Kit

SGI

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

SGML

Standard Generalized Markup Language

sIFR

scalable Inman Flash Replacement

SOA

Service-Oriented Architecture

SMIL

Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SPF

Sender Policy Framework

SQL

Structured Query Language

SSH

Secure Shell

SSI

Server-Side Includes

SSSCA

Security Systems Standards and Certification Act

STFW

Search The Fucking Web

SVN

Subversion

TCP

Transfer Control Protocol

TDD

Test-Driven Development

TLS

Transport Layer Security

TMTOWTDI

There’s More Than One Way To Do It

TV

Television

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UI

User Interface

UK

United Kingdom

UPS

United Parcel Service

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

URN

Uniform Resource Name

US

United States

USA

United States of America

USB

Universal Serial Bus

UTF

Unicode Transformation Format

VC

Venture Capitalist

VCS

Version Control System

VM

Virtual Machine

VoIP

Voice over IP

VP

Vice President

vs

versus

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WADL

Web Application Description Language

WaSP

Web Standards Project

WASP

Web Application Structure for PHP5

WIMP

Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer

WinFS

Windows Future Storage

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WLUG

Waikato Linux User Group

WS-*

Big Web Services

WSDL

Web Services Description Language

X

10

XAML

Extensible Application Markup Language

XHTML

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XMMS

X Multimedia System

XMPP

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

XP

Extreme Programming

XPCOM

Cross-Platform Component Object Model

XPI

Cross-Platform Installer

XSLT

Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations

XUL

XML User Interface Language

Y2k

Year 2000

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