From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 12:29:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C683216A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:29:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from enterprise.sd73.bc.ca (romulus-net.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A4843D46 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:29:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from 192.168.0.200 (romulus-net.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.134]) i08KNd7O024663 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:23:39 -0800 From: Freddie Cash Organization: School District 73 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:29:15 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 To: newbies@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401081229.15959.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.1(snapshot 20020919) (enterprise.sd73.bc.ca) Subject: Re: What are they talking about??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:29:29 -0000 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.ca