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   2 <glossary xml:id="Glossary" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
   3         <title>Glossary</title>
   4         <abstract>
   5                 <para>In this section we expand acronyms, define terms, and generally try to explain concepts used by Evergreen software.</para>
   6         </abstract>
   7         <glossdiv>
   8                 <title>A</title>
   9                 <glossentry id="Apache">
  10                         <glossterm>Apache</glossterm>
  11                         <glossdef>
  12                                 <para>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 <ulink url="http://apache.org">apache.org</ulink>.</para>
  13                         </glossdef>
  14                 </glossentry>
  15         </glossdiv>
  16         <glossdiv>
  17                 <title>B</title>
  18                 <glossentry></glossentry>
  19         </glossdiv>
  20         <glossdiv>
  21                 <title>C</title>
  22                 <glossentry id="closure">
  23                         <glossterm>Closure Compiler</glossterm>
  24                         <glossdef>
  25                                 <para>A suite of open-source tools used to build web applications with Javascript; originally developed by Google. More information is available at <ulink url="http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/">http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/</ulink>.</para>
  26                         </glossdef>
  27                 </glossentry>
  28                 <glossentry id="CPAN">
  29                         <glossterm>CPAN</glossterm>
  30                         <glossdef>
  31                                 <para>An open-source archive of software modules written in Perl. More information is available at <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org">www.cpan.org</ulink>.</para>
  32                         </glossdef>
  33                 </glossentry>
  34         </glossdiv>
  35         <glossdiv>
  36                 <title>D</title>
  37                 <glossentry id="Debian">
  38                         <glossterm>Debian</glossterm>
  39                         <glossdef>
  40                                 <para>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 <ulink url="http://www.debian.org">www.debian.org</ulink>.</para>
  41                         </glossdef>
  42                 </glossentry>
  43                 <glossentry>
  44                         <glossterm>Domain name</glossterm>
  45                         <glossdef>
  46                                 <para>PLEASE ADD CONTENT.</para>
  47                         </glossdef>
  48                 </glossentry>
  49         </glossdiv>
  50         <glossdiv>
  51                 <title>E</title>
  52                 <glossentry id="ejabberd">
  53                         <glossterm>ejabberd</glossterm>
  54                         <glossdef>
  55                                 <para>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. More information is available at <ulink url="http://www.ejabberd.im/">http://www.ejabberd.im</ulink>.</para>
  56                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/>
  57                                 <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/>
  58                         </glossdef>
  59                 </glossentry>
  60         </glossdiv>
  61         <glossdiv>
  62                 <title>F</title>
  63                 <glossentry></glossentry>
  64         </glossdiv>
  65         <glossdiv>
  66                 <title>G</title>
  67                 <glossentry></glossentry>
  68         </glossdiv>
  69         <glossdiv>
  70                 <title>H</title>
  71                 <glossentry></glossentry>
  72         </glossdiv>
  73         <glossdiv>
  74                 <title>I</title>
  75                 <glossentry></glossentry>
  76         </glossdiv>
  77         <glossdiv>
  78                 <title>J</title>
  79                 <glossentry id="Jabber">
  80                         <glossterm>Jabber</glossterm>
  81                         <glossdef>
  82                                 <para>Now known as XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), it was originally named "Jabber".</para>
  83                                 <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/>
  84                         </glossdef>
  85                 </glossentry>
  86         </glossdiv>
  87         <glossdiv>
  88                 <title>K</title>
  89                 <glossentry></glossentry>
  90         </glossdiv>
  91         <glossdiv>
  92                 <title>L</title>
  93                 <glossentry></glossentry>
  94         </glossdiv>
  95         <glossdiv>
  96                 <title>M</title>
  97                 <glossentry id="McCoy">
  98                         <glossterm>McCoy</glossterm>
  99                         <glossdef>
 100                                 <para>An open-source application that allows add-on authors to provide secure updates to their users. More information is available at <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy">developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy</ulink>.</para>
 101                         </glossdef>
 102                 </glossentry>
 103                 <glossentry id="memcached">
 104                         <glossterm>memcached</glossterm>
 105                         <glossdef>
 106                                 <para>PLEASE ADD CONTENT</para>
 107                         </glossdef>
 108                 </glossentry>
 109         </glossdiv>
 110         <glossdiv>
 111                 <title>N</title>
 112                 <glossentry id="netaddr">
 113                         <glossterm>Network address</glossterm>
 114                         <glossdef>
 115                                 <para>A numerical label consisting of four numbers separated by periods (e.g., "192.168.1.15") that uniquely identifies a machine on a computer network.</para>
 116                         </glossdef>
 117                 </glossentry>
 118                 <glossentry id="nsis">
 119                         <glossterm>nsis</glossterm>
 120                         <glossdef>
 121                                 <para>An open-source software tool used to create Windows installers. More information is available at <ulink url="http://nsis.sourceforge.net">http://nsis.sourceforge.net</ulink>.</para>
 122                         </glossdef>
 123                 </glossentry>
 124         </glossdiv>
 125         <glossdiv>
 126                 <title>O</title>
 127                 <glossentry id="OPAC">
 128                         <glossterm>Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)</glossterm>
 129                         <glossdef>
 130                                 <para>An online database of a library's holdings; used to find resources in their collections; possibly searchable by keyword, title, author, subject or call number.</para>
 131                         </glossdef>
 132                 </glossentry>
 133         </glossdiv>
 134         <glossdiv>
 135                 <title>P</title>
 136                 <glossentry id="PostgreSQL">
 137                         <glossterm>PostgreSQL</glossterm>
 138                         <glossdef>
 139                                 <para>A popular open-source object-relational database management system that underpins Evergreen software.</para>
 140                         </glossdef>
 141                 </glossentry>
 142         </glossdiv>
 143         <glossdiv>
 144                 <glossentry id="putty">
 145                         <glossterm>Putty</glossterm>
 146                         <glossdef>
 147                                 <para>A popular open-source telnet/ssh client for the Windows and Unix platforms. More information is available at <ulink url="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</ulink>.</para>
 148                         </glossdef>
 149                 </glossentry>
 150                 <title>Q</title>
 151                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 152         </glossdiv>
 153         <glossdiv>
 154                 <title>R</title>
 155                 <glossentry id="router">
 156                         <glossterm>router</glossterm>
 157                         <glossdef>
 158                                 <para>PLEASE ADD CONTENT</para>
 159                         </glossdef>
 160                 </glossentry>
 161                 <glossentry id="Resource Hacker">
 162                         <glossterm>Resource Hacker</glossterm>
 163                         <glossdef>
 164                                 <para>An open-source utility used to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables</para>
 165                         </glossdef>
 166                 </glossentry>
 167         </glossdiv>
 168         <glossdiv>
 169                 <title>S</title>
 170                 <glossentry id="srfsh">
 171                         <glossterm>srfsh</glossterm>
 172                         <glossdef>
 173                                 <para>A command language interpreter (shell) that executes commands read from the standard input. It is used to test the Open Service Request Framework (OpenSRF).</para>
 174                         </glossdef>
 175                 </glossentry>
 176                 <glossentry id="SSL Certificate">
 177                         <glossterm>SSL Certificate</glossterm>
 178                         <glossdef>
 179                                 <para>A special electronic document used to guarantee authenticity of a digital message. Also known as a "public key", or "identity" or "digital" certificate. It combines an identity (of a person or an organization) and a unique public key to form a so-called digital signature, and is used to verify that the public key does, in fact, belong with that particular identity.</para>
 180                         </glossdef>
 181                 </glossentry>
 182         </glossdiv>
 183         <glossdiv>
 184                 <title>T</title>
 185                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 186         </glossdiv>
 187         <glossdiv>
 188                 <title>U</title>
 189                 <glossentry id="Ubuntu">
 190                         <glossterm>Ubuntu</glossterm>
 191                         <glossdef>
 192                                 <para>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 <ulink url="http://www.ubuntu.com">www.ubuntu.com</ulink>.</para>
 193                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Debian"/>
 194                         </glossdef>
 195                 </glossentry>
 196         </glossdiv>
 197         <glossdiv>
 198                 <title>V</title>
 199                 <glossentry id="virtualization">
 200                         <glossterm>Virtualization</glossterm>
 201                         <glossdef>
 202                                 <para>A method of executing software in a special environment that is partitioned or separated from the real underlying hardware and software resources. In typical usage, it allows a "host" operating system to encapsulate or emulate another operating system environment in such a way that the emulated environment is completely unaware of the hosting environment. For instance, it allows a Linux application to execute within a Windows environment.</para>
 203                         </glossdef>
 204                 </glossentry>
 205                 <glossentry id="virtualbox">
 206                         <glossterm>VirtualBox</glossterm>
 207                         <glossdef>
 208                                 <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that emulates the x86 microprocessor architecture. It can be installed on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows or Solaris "host" operating systems and allows other "guest" (typically including Linux and Windows) operating systems to be loaded and executed.</para>
 209                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
 210                         </glossdef>
 211                 </glossentry>
 212                 <glossentry id="virtualpc">
 213                         <glossterm>Virtual PC</glossterm>
 214                         <glossdef>
 215                                 <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that emulates the x86 microprocessor architecture. It is installed on a Windows "host" operating system and allows other "guest" (typically including Linux and Windows) operating systems to be loaded and executed.</para>
 216                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
 217                         </glossdef>
 218                 </glossentry>
 219                 <glossentry id="vmware">
 220                         <glossterm>VMware</glossterm>
 221                         <glossdef>
 222                                 <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that emulates the x86 microprocessor architecture. It can be installed on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows or Solaris "host" operating systems and allows other "guest" (typically including Linux and Windows) operating systems to be loaded and executed.</para>
 223                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
 224                         </glossdef>
 225                 </glossentry>
 226         </glossdiv>
 227         <glossdiv>
 228                 <title>W</title>
 229                 <glossentry id="wine">
 230                         <glossterm>Wine</glossterm>
 231                         <glossdef>
 232                                 <para>A popular open-source applcation that allows Linux and Unix systems to run Windows executables. More information is available at <ulink url="http://www.winehq.org/">http://www.winehq.org/</ulink>.</para>
 233                         </glossdef>
 234                 </glossentry>
 235         </glossdiv>
 236         <glossdiv>
 237                 <title>X</title>
 238                 <glossentry id="xml">
 239                         <glossterm>XML</glossterm>
 240                         <glossdef>
 241                                 <para>The eXtensible Markup Language, a subset of SGML; 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).</para>
 242                         </glossdef>
 243                 </glossentry>
 244                 <glossentry id="XMPP">
 245                         <glossterm>XMPP</glossterm>
 246                         <glossdef>
 247                                 <para>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 <ulink url="http://xmpp.org">xmpp.org</ulink>.</para>
 248                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/>
 249                         </glossdef>
 250                 </glossentry>
 251                 <glossentry id="xpath">
 252                         <glossterm>xpath</glossterm>
 253                         <glossdef>
 254                                 <para>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).</para>
 255                         </glossdef>
 256                 </glossentry>
 257                 <glossentry id="xul">
 258                         <glossterm>XUL</glossterm>
 259                         <glossdef>
 260                                 <para>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 <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL">https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL</ulink>.</para>
 261                         </glossdef>
 262                 </glossentry>
 263                 <glossentry id="xulrunner">
 264                         <glossterm>xulrunner</glossterm>
 265                         <glossdef>
 266                                 <para>A specialized run-time application environment that provides support for installing, upgrading and uninstalling XUL applications. It operates with Mozilla-based applications such as the Firefox browser. More information is available at <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner">https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner</ulink>.</para>
 267                                 <glossseealso otherterm="xul"/>
 268                         </glossdef>
 269                 </glossentry>
 270         </glossdiv>
 271         <glossdiv>
 272                 <title>Y</title>
 273                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 274         </glossdiv>
 275         <glossdiv>
 276                 <title>Z</title>
 277                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 278         </glossdiv>
 279 </glossary>