Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:01:16 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: [diff] Update to doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml Message-ID: <41205BBC.1070402@n00b.apagnu.se>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010509060108010902040704 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 -- --------------010509060108010902040704 Content-Type: text/plain; name="freebsd-glossary.sgml.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="freebsd-glossary.sgml.diff" --- 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> --------------010509060108010902040704--
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