Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:04:29 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/124269: [patch] More entries for the glossary Message-ID: <200806041304.m54D4Twp033567@buffy.york.ac.uk> Resent-Message-ID: <200806041310.m54DA2Rk034939@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 124269
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] More entries for the glossary
>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: Wed Jun 04 13:10:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gavin Atkinson
>Release: FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
More entries for the glossary. Also, cross reference a couple
of entries.
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
--- glossary.diff begins here ---
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 1.30
diff -u -r1.30 freebsd-glossary.sgml
--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml 28 May 2008 06:54:27 -0000 1.30
+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml 4 Jun 2008 13:00:35 -0000
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
<glossterm>Access Control List</glossterm>
<acronym>ACL</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A list of permissions attached to an object, usually either a
+ file or a network device.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -151,7 +152,11 @@
<glossterm>Advanced Power Management</glossterm>
<acronym>APM</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>An <acronym>API</acronym> enabling the operating system to work
+ in conjunction with the <acronym>BIOS</acronym> in order to achieve
+ power management. <acronym>APM</acronym> has been superseded by
+ the much more generic and powerful <acronym>ACPI</acronym>
+ specification for most applications.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -340,7 +345,8 @@
<glossterm>Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>CHAP</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A method of authenticating a user, based on a secret shared
+ between client and server.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -358,6 +364,7 @@
<glossdef>
<para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal giving the remote system
permission to send data.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="rts-glossary">
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -455,6 +462,7 @@
<para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal sent from the modem to the
computer or terminal indicating a readiness to send and receive
data.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="dtr-glossary">
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -482,7 +490,8 @@
<glossterm>Differentiated System Description Table</glossterm>
<acronym>DSDT</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>An <acronym>ACPI</acronym> table, supplying basic configuration
+ information about the base system.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1135,7 +1144,9 @@
<glossterm>Network Address Translation</glossterm>
<acronym>NAT</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A tecnique where <acronym>IP</acronym> packets are rewritten
+ on the way through a gateway, enabling many machines behind the
+ gateway to effectively share a single <acronym>IP</acronym> address.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -1161,7 +1172,7 @@
<glossterm>Network Time Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>NTP</acronym>
<glossdef>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A means of synchronizing clocks over a network.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
@@ -1413,6 +1424,7 @@
<acronym>POP</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="pop3-glossary">
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
--- glossary.diff ends here ---
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