Acronyms

Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
• ADSL - Asymmetric DSL
• APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controler (see also PIC and related)
• APT - Advanced Package Tool

B

• Bash - Bourne-again shell
• BNC - bugzilla.novell.com
• BST - Build Service Team

C

• CD - Compact disc
• CUPS - Common Unix Printing System

D

• DMA - Direct Memory Access
• DSL - Digital Subscriber Line (see ADSL)
• DVD - Digital Versatile Disc

F

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
• FOSDEM - Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol

G

• GCC - GNU Compiler Collection
• GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
• GNOME - GNU Network Object Model Environment
• GPL - GNU General Public License
• GTK - GIMP Toolkit

H

• HCL - Hardware Compatibility List
• HTML - HyperText Markup Language
• HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol

I

• IRC - Internet Relay Chat
• IRQ - Interrupt Request

K

• KDE - K Desktop Environment

L

• LAN - Local Area Network
• LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• LDP - Linux Documentation Project
• LGPL - GNU Lesser General Public License
• LVM - Logical Volume Management
• LWE - Linux World Expo conferences

N

• NFS - Network File System
• NOA - Novell Open Audio

O

• OSC - openSUSE commandline client

P

• PDF - Portable Document Format
• PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• PIC - Programmable Interrupt Controler (see also APIC)

Q

• QA - Quality Assurance

R

• rcd - Red Carpet Daemon

S

• S.u.S.E - original SUSE company name, meaning "Software- und System-Entwicklung" ("Software and system development"). Also see the Good Bye Dots page.
• SUSE - a brand name, only historically related to the S.u.S.E. abbreviation.
• SDB - Support Data Base
• SDK - Software Development Kit
• SESUSE - Security Enhanced SUSE
• SLED - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
• SLES - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• SLICK - SUPER LIte Core + Kde
• SR - Support Request for SLED or SLES products
• SUPER - SUSE Performance Enhanced Release
• SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics

V

• VM - Virtual machine

W

• WIP - Work in Progress
• WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

X

• XFCE - originally stood for "XForms Common Environment"
• XML - Extensible Markup Language

Y

• YaST - Yet another Setup Tool
• YOU - YaST Online Update
• YUM - Yellow dog Updater, Modified

Z

• ZYPP - Zen / YaST Packages Patches Patterns Products - The new package management handling.