Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:40:25 GMT From: Joel Dahl <joel@automatvapen.se> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/70583: [PATCH] Update freebsd-glossary Message-ID: <200408201640.i7KGePeA034000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Joel Dahl <joel@automatvapen.se>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
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Subject: Re: docs/70583: [PATCH] Update freebsd-glossary
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:35:53 +0200
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Attach patch since URL's makes PR's difficult to work with.
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Joel
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--- freebsd-glossary.sgml Sun Aug 15 18:39:38 2004
+++ new.freebsd-glossary.sgml Tue Aug 17 19:51:45 2004
@@ -1703,7 +1703,9 @@
<glossterm>Uniform Resource Locator</glossterm>
<acronym>URL</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A standard way developed to specify the unique
+ location of a document available electronically, such
+ as on the Internet.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1711,7 +1713,9 @@
<glossterm>Unix File System Version 1</glossterm>
<acronym>UFS1</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>The native BSD filesystem, derived from the Berkeley
+ Fast File System which was originally developed from FS in
+ the first versions of UNIX at AT&T.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1719,7 +1723,11 @@
<glossterm>Unix File System Version 2</glossterm>
<acronym>UFS2</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>An extension to <acronym>UFS1</acronym>, introduced in
+ &os; 5-CURRENT. <acronym>UFS2</acronym> adds 64 bit block
+ pointers (breaking the 1T barrier), support for extended file
+ storage, and a few other things.
+ </para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1727,7 +1735,9 @@
<glossterm>Universal Serial Bus</glossterm>
<acronym>USB</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A hardware standard for connecting modems, mice,
+ keyboards, printers, scanners and other low-speed
+ external devices to computers.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1745,7 +1755,10 @@
<glossterm>User Datagram Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>UDP</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A simple, unreliable datagram protocol which is used
+ for exchanging data on a TCP/IP network. <acronym>UDP</acronym>
+ packets are more complex than <acronym>ICMP</acronym> packets,
+ but less complex than <acronym>TCP</acronym> packets.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
@@ -1762,7 +1775,10 @@
<glossterm>Virtual Private Network</glossterm>
<acronym>VPN</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A way to use a public telecommunication
+ infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote
+ users with a secure connection to their organizations
+ network.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
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