Miscellaneous
Acronym | Meaning |
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CDE | common desktop environment |
crc | cyclic redundancy check |
CVS | concurrent versions system |
daemon | disk and execution monitor |
DCE | distributed computing environment |
DNS | domain name server |
errno | error number |
glob | global (as in "globbing") |
GNU | GNU is not Unix |
inode | index node (if anything at all, see here) |
MHS | message handling system |
MIME | multi-purpose Internet mail extensions |
NFS | network file system |
NIS | network information system |
PDP | programmed data processor (as in PDP-7, PDP-11, see here) |
Posix | portable operating system interface for Unix |
RAID | redundant array of inexpensive or independant disks |
rc | run commands |
RFC | request for comments |
RFD | request for discussion |
RFO | request for opinions |
sccs | source code control system |
SCSI | small computer systems interface |
Spam | not an acronym (canned beef stew, originally an allusion to ham; used for mass mailings/postings because of a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, see here) |
spool | simultaneous peripheral operation on-line |
URL | uniform resource locator |
Usenet | user's network |
VT | video terminal (as in VT-52, VT-100) |
WWW | world wide web |
X | Successor of W (windowing system), usually followed by a version number (e. g. X11) |
yp | yellow pages |