From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 7 23:00:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E6C16A4CE for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:00:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6507F43D39 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:00:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i87N0hUA074535 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:00:43 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i87N0hIR074506; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:00:43 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:00:43 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200409072300.i87N0hIR074506@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Gavin Atkinson Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253FC16A4CE for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:56:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (mail-gw0.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 601EB43D1F for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:56:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ga9@buffy.york.ac.uk) Received: from buffy.york.ac.uk (buffy.york.ac.uk [144.32.226.160]) by mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i87MuNlo016657 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:56:23 +0100 (BST) Received: from buffy.york.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by buffy.york.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i87MuNpt001624 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:56:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ga9@buffy.york.ac.uk) Received: (from ga9@localhost) by buffy.york.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.12.11/Submit) id i87MuN38001623; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:56:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ga9) Message-Id: <200409072256.i87MuN38001623@buffy.york.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:56:23 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/71476: Filling in some glossary items X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gavin Atkinson List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:00:43 -0000 >Number: 71476 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Filling in some glossary items >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 07 23:00:42 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gavin Atkinson >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD buffy.york.ac.uk 5.3-BETA2 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2 #9: Mon Sep 6 15:59:27 BST 2004 root@buffy.york.ac.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Updates to the glossary file >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -r1.18 freebsd-glossary.sgml --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml 25 Aug 2004 08:44:53 -0000 1.18 +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml 7 Sep 2004 22:44:25 -0000 @@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ ACPI Machine Language AML - + Pseudocode, interpreted by a virtual machine within an + ACPI-compliant operating system, providing a + layer between the underlying hardware and the documented + interface presented to the OS. @@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ ACPI Source Language ASL - + The programming language AML is written in. @@ -117,7 +120,14 @@ Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI - + A specification which provides an abstraction of the + interface the hardware presents to the operating system, so + that the operating system should need to know nothing about + the underlying hardware to make the most of it. ACPI + evolves and supercedes the functionality provided previously by + APM, PNPBIOS and other technologies, and + provides facilities for controlling power consumption, machine + suspension, device enabling and disabling, etc. @@ -694,7 +704,8 @@ Intel’s ASL compiler IASL - + Intel’s compiler for converting ASL into + AML. @@ -975,7 +986,8 @@ Message Of The Day MOTD - + A message, usually shown on login, and often used to + distribute information to users of the system. @@ -1195,6 +1207,7 @@ + PR @@ -1233,7 +1246,9 @@ Physical Address Extensions PAE - + A method of enabling access to up to 64 GB of RAM on + systems which only physically have a 32-bit wide address space + (and therefore would be limited to 4 GB without PAE). @@ -1332,7 +1347,8 @@ Process ID PID - + A number, unique to a particular process on a system, + which identifies it and allows actions to be taken against it. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: