Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:29:15 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> To: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What are they talking about??? Message-ID: <200401081229.15959.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>
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On January 8, 2004 09:05 am, Andrew Predoehl wrote: > Hello! I'm reading with some interest the tempest that's a-blowin' > on -chat, and as a newbie, I just got here and I'm wondering what the > heck these people are talking about. A few questions (not -questions > questions, just newbie questions): What's bikeshedding, or a > bikeshed disagreement? What's the heck are GEOM and SMP? What's a > WIKI? Anybody know a dictionary of these acronyms that I read all > the time? I can figure out 90% of them but some of them (like PITA*) > leave me mystified... For general acronyms, use http://www.acronymfinder.com For information on bikesheds, check the FreeBSD FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html And, for information on GEOM, SMP, and the like, read through the release notes and other documentation for FreeBSD 5.x. There are links to these on the main http://www.freebsd.org website. -- Freddie Cash District HelpDesk / Network Admin http://www.sd73.bc.cahelp
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