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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:01:16 +0200
From: Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se>
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Hi!
Here is a diff with some updates to the freebsd glossary list. Hopefully 
evyrithing is correct, but if you notice something wrong, feel free to 
change it or drop a note to me so i can change it.

Cheers!
//Niclas
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--- freebsd-glossary.sgml.org	2004-08-16 07:54:47.000000000 +0200
+++ freebsd-glossary.sgml	2004-08-16 08:41:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- 
+<!--
     $FreeBSD: /repoman/r/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml,v 1.17 2004/08/15 13:38:29 ceri Exp $
 
     FreeBSD Glossary Terms
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@
       <glossterm>Central Processing Unit</glossterm>
       <acronym>CPU</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>Also known as the prosessor. This is the brain of the computer 
+        where all calculations take place.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -435,7 +436,8 @@
       <glossterm>Domain Name System</glossterm>
       <acronym>DNS</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>The system that converst humanly readable hosts to ip addresses
+        and vice versa.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -443,7 +445,9 @@
       <glossterm>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol</glossterm>
       <acronym>DHCP</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A protocol that dynamically assigns ip addresses to a cumputer (
+        host) when it requests one from the server. The ip assignment is called 
+        a lease.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
   </glossdiv>
@@ -670,7 +674,7 @@
       <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 4</glossterm>
       <acronym>IPv4</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>The old IP protocol which uses 32 bits for addressing.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -678,7 +682,8 @@
       <glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 6</glossterm>
       <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>The new IP protocol. Invented because the address space in <
+        acronym>IPv4</acornym> is running out. Uses 128 bits for addressing.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -726,7 +731,7 @@
       <glossterm>Internet Service Provider</glossterm>
       <acronym>ISP</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A company that gives access to the internet.</para>
       </glossdef>
   </glossdiv>
 
@@ -806,7 +811,8 @@
       <glossterm>Kilo Bits Per Second</glossterm>
       <acronym>Kbps</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>Used to measure bandwith. The Kilo prefix can be changed to Mega, 
+        Giga, etc. as nessecary.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
   </glossdiv>
@@ -841,7 +847,8 @@
       <glossterm>Local Area Network</glossterm>
       <acronym>LAN</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>Network used on a local area, eg office, home etc. Often refered 
+        to as network.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -919,7 +926,8 @@
       <glossterm>Mail Transfer Agent</glossterm>
       <acronym>MTA</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>Application used to transfer e-mails. The most common and well 
+        known is SendMail.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -927,7 +935,7 @@
       <glossterm>Mail User Agent</glossterm>
       <acronym>MUA</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>Application used to display and write e-mails.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -975,7 +983,9 @@
       <glossterm>Message Of The Day</glossterm>
       <acronym>MOTD</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A message displayed when a user logs on to a system. The computer 
+        administrator uses this to inform users about events, maintenance, and 
+        other important things.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -1089,7 +1099,8 @@
       <glossterm>Operating System</glossterm>
       <acronym>OS</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>The underlying programs which controls the computer hardware, 
+        memory and so on.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -1195,6 +1206,7 @@
         <para></para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
+
     <glossentry>
       <glossterm>PR</glossterm>
       <glosssee otherterm="pr-glossary">
@@ -1332,7 +1344,8 @@
       <glossterm>Process ID</glossterm>
       <acronym>PID</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A unik ID every process gets to distinguish it from all other 
+        processes.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -1452,7 +1465,9 @@
       <glossterm>Request For Comments</glossterm>
       <acronym>RFC</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A set of documents defining internet standards, protocolls etc.
+        Can be found here: <ulink url="http://www.rfc-editor.org/">RFC-editor</ulink>
+        Also used if someone has suggestions on something and wants feedback.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 

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