From: Steve Sheppard Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 15:53:54 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new definitions; X-Git-Url: https://old-git.evergreen-ils.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=269d2f1a325d718ee7b84829ac27a30b50a07239;p=Evergreen-DocBook.git new definitions; --- diff --git a/1.6/glossary.xml b/1.6/glossary.xml index 35e634f..beae659 100644 --- a/1.6/glossary.xml +++ b/1.6/glossary.xml @@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ Glossary - In this section we expand acronyms, define terms, and generally try to un-obfuscate the Evergreen nomenclature. + In this section we expand acronyms, define terms, and generally try to explain concepts used by Evergreen software. - Terms related to Evergreen Software used within this manual A Apache - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + Open-source web server software used to serve both static content and dynamic web pages in a secure and reliable way. More information is available at apache.org. @@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ CPAN - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + An open-source archive of software modules written in Perl. More information is available at www.cpan.org. @@ -32,13 +31,13 @@ Debian - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + One of the most popular open-source operating system using the Linux kernel that provides over 25000 useful precompiled software packages. Also known as Debian GNU/Linux. More information is available at www.debian.org. Domain name - First part of a network address. + PLEASE ADD CONTENT. @@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ ejabberd - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + An open-source Jabber/XMPP instant messaging server that runs under popular operating systems (e.g., Mac OSX, GNU/Linux, and Microsoft Windows). One popular use is to provide XMPP messaging services for a Jabber domain across an extendable cluster of cheap, easily-replaced machine nodes. See "XMPP" and "Jabber". More information is available at http://www.ejabberd.im. @@ -69,10 +68,10 @@ J - + Jabber - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + Now known as XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), it was originally named "Jabber". See "XMPP". @@ -89,13 +88,13 @@ McCoy - McCoy is an open-source application that allows add-on authors to provide secure updates to their users. Applications periodically look for and install updates to their add-ons. It's important that the update information retrieved has not been tampered with since being written by the add-on author. Specifically, it focuses on the process of digitally signing update manifests so the applications can verify the integrity of a manifest retrieved over normally insecure channels. + McCoy is an open-source application that allows add-on authors to provide secure updates to their users. More information is available at developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy. memcached - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT @@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT @@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ PostgreSQL - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT @@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ router - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT @@ -156,13 +155,13 @@ SSL Certificate - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT Staff Client - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT @@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ Ubuntu - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + A popular open-source operating system using the Linux kernel that was originally based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. More information is available at www.ubuntu.com. Also see "Debian". @@ -184,25 +183,25 @@ Virtualization - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT VirtualBox - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT Virtual PC - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT VMware - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + PLEASE ADD CONTENT @@ -215,19 +214,31 @@ XML - Extensible Markup Language + The Extensible Markup Language, a set of rules for encoding information in a way that is both human- and machine-readable. It is primarily used to define documents but can also be used to define arbitrary data structures. It was originally defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). + + + + XMPP + + An open-standard communications protocol, based on XML, used in message-oriented middleware. It supports the concept of a consistent "domain" of message types that flow between software applications, possibly on different operating systems and architectures. More information is available at xmpp.org. Also see "Jabber". xpath - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + The XML Path Language, a query language based on a tree representation of an XML document. It is used to programmatically select nodes from an XML document and to do minor computation involving strings, numbers and Boolean values. It allows you to identify parts of the XML document tree, to navigate around the tree, and to uniquely select nodes. The currently version is "XPath 2.0". It was originally defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). + + + + XUL + + The XML User Interface Language, a specialized interface language that allows building cross-platform applications that drive Mozilla-based browsers such as Firefox. More information is available at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL. xulrunner - CONTENT NEEDED HERE + A specialized run-time application environment that provides support for installing, upgrading and uninstalling XUL applications (See "XUL"). It operates with Mozilla-based applications such as the Firefox browser. More information is available at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner.