Glossary
A collection of abbreviations/acronyms
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Markdown abbreviation definitions
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,
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.iCal, .iFBf, .ics, .ifb
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Internet Calendaring and Scheduling (iCalendar)
iCalendar is a standard method of transferring calendaring and scheduling, free or busy time information between computer systems.
Category:
document format ⋅ file extension
MIME-Type:
text/calendar
Markdown:
*[.iCal]: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling (iCalendar)
*[.iFBf]: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling (iCalendar)
*[.ics]: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling (iCalendar)
*[.ifb]: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling (iCalendar)
Reference:
link2 , link3
Type:
file extension
API
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Application Programming Interface
Category:
programming ⋅ communication interface ⋅ specification
Markdown:
*[API]: Application Programming Interface
Type:
acronym
BCC
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Blind Carbon Copy
Category:
email ⋅ header field
Markdown:
*[BCC]: Blind Carbon Copy
Type:
acronym
BOM
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Byte Order Mark
Category:
unicode ⋅ code point
Markdown:
*[BOM]: Byte Order Mark
Type:
acronym
CC
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Carbon Copy
Category:
email ⋅ header field
Markdown:
*[CC]: Carbon Copy
Type:
acronym
COPR
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Cool Other Package Repo
Category:
fedora ⋅ software repository
Markdown:
*[COPR]: Cool Other Package Repo
Type:
acronym
CR
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Carriage Return
Category:
control character
Markdown:
*[CR]: Carriage Return
Type:
acronym
CSS
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Cascading Style Sheets
Category:
style sheet language
Markdown:
*[CSS]: Cascading Style Sheets
Type:
acronym
DBCS
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Double-Byte Character Set
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set
Markdown:
*[DBCS]: Double-Byte Character Set
Type:
acronym
DNS
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Domain Name System
Category:
internet protocol
Markdown:
*[DNS]: Domain Name System
Type:
acronym
EOF
…
End of File
Category:
stream indicator
Markdown:
*[EOF]: End of File
Type:
acronym
EOL
…
End of Line
Category:
stream indicator
Markdown:
*[EOL]: End of Line
Type:
acronym
EOT
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End of Transmission
Category:
control character
Markdown:
*[EOT]: End of Transmission
Type:
acronym
FOSS
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Free and Open Source Software
Category:
license ⋅ free software ⋅ open source
Markdown:
*[FOSS]: Free and Open Source Software
Type:
acronym
GCC
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GNU Compiler Collection
Category:
programming ⋅ compiler
Markdown:
*[GCC]: GNU Compiler Collection
Type:
acronym
GDBM
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GNU Data Base Manager
Category:
library ⋅ database
Markdown:
*[GDBM]: GNU Data Base Manager
Type:
acronym
GFM
…
GitHub Flavoured Markdown
Category:
markup language ⋅ markdown
Markdown:
*[GFM]: GitHub Flavoured Markdown
Type:
acronym
GNU
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GNU’s Not Unix
Category:
operating system ⋅ free software ⋅ project
Markdown:
*[GNU]: GNU’s Not Unix
Type:
recursive acronym
GPGME
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GnuPG Made Easy
Category:
library ⋅ cryptographic api
Markdown:
*[GPGME]: GnuPG Made Easy
Type:
acronym
IMAP, IMAP4
…
Internet Message Access Protocol
Category:
email ⋅ internet protocol
Markdown:
*[IMAP]: Internet Message Access Protocol
*[IMAP4]: Internet Message Access Protocol
Type:
acronym
IRC
…
Internet Relay Chat
Category:
internet protocol ⋅ communication
Markdown:
*[IRC]: Internet Relay Chat
Reference:
link2
Type:
acronym
LF
…
Line Feed
Category:
control character
Markdown:
*[LF]: Line Feed
Type:
acronym
Lua
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Scripting Language (from Portuguese, meaning moon)
Category:
script language
Markdown:
*[Lua]: Scripting Language (from Portuguese, meaning moon)
Type:
noun
MBCS
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Multi-Byte Character Set
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set
Markdown:
*[MBCS]: Multi-Byte Character Set
Type:
acronym
MUA
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Mail User Agent
Category:
email ⋅ client ⋅ mail reader
Markdown:
*[MUA]: Mail User Agent
Type:
acronym
NCR
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Numeric Character Reference
Category:
code point ⋅ character encoding ⋅ character set
Markdown:
*[NCR]: Numeric Character Reference
Type:
acronym
Notmuch
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Not much mail
Category:
email ⋅ mail indexing ⋅ mail tagging
Markdown:
*[Notmuch]: Not much mail
Reference:
link2
Type:
abbreviation
nroff
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new runoff
Category:
software ⋅ document processor ⋅ text formatter
Markdown:
*[nroff]: new runoff
Type:
abbreviation
PGP
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Pretty Good Privacy
Category:
certification ⋅ signing ⋅ encryption ⋅ authentication
Markdown:
*[PGP]: Pretty Good Privacy
Type:
acronym
POP, POP3
…
Post Office Protocol
Category:
email ⋅ internet protocol
Markdown:
*[POP]: Post Office Protocol
*[POP3]: Post Office Protocol
Type:
acronym
PPA
…
Personal Package Archive
Category:
software repository ⋅ packaging
Markdown:
*[PPA]: Personal Package Archive
Type:
acronym
QDBM
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Quick Data Base Manager
Category:
library ⋅ database
Markdown:
*[QDBM]: Quick Data Base Manager
Type:
acronym
RFC
…
Request for Comments
Category:
standard ⋅ documentation ⋅ white paper
Markdown:
*[RFC]: Request for Comments
Reference:
link2
Type:
acronym
RTF
…
Rich Text Format
Category:
document format ⋅ file extension
Markdown:
*[RTF]: Rich Text Format
Type:
acronym
SBCS
…
Single-Byte Character Set
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set
Markdown:
*[SBCS]: Single-Byte Character Set
Type:
acronym
SOCKS
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Socket Secure (Internet Protocol)
Category:
internet protocol ⋅ proxy
Markdown:
*[SOCKS]: Socket Secure (Internet Protocol)
Type:
acronym
SSL
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Secure Sockets Layer
Category:
internet protocol
Markdown:
*[SSL]: Secure Sockets Layer
Type:
acronym
settext
…
structure-enhanced text
Category:
markdown ⋅ header style
Markdown:
*[settext]: structure-enhanced text
Type:
abbreviation
TBD
…
To Be Defined
Category:
management ⋅ draft ⋅ work in progress
Markdown:
*[TBD]: To Be Defined
Type:
acronym
…
To Be Determined
Category:
management ⋅ draft ⋅ work in progress
Markdown:
*[TBD]: To Be Determined
Type:
acronym
Tar
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Tape archiver
Category:
software ⋅ file archiver
Markdown:
*[Tar]: Tape archiver
Type:
acronym
tarball
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Tar generated archive file
Category:
file format ⋅ tar
Markdown:
*[tarball]: Tar generated archive file
Type:
slang
UCS
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Universal Coded Character Set (Unicode, ISO/IEC)
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set ⋅ unicode
Markdown:
*[UCS]: Universal Coded Character Set (Unicode, ISO/IEC)
Type:
acronym
URL, URLs
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Uniform Resource Locator
Category:
hyperlink ⋅ reference ⋅ identifier
Markdown:
*[URL]: Uniform Resource Locator
*[URLs]: Uniform Resource Locator
Type:
acronym
UTF
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UCS Transformation Format
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set ⋅ unicode
Markdown:
*[UTF]: UCS Transformation Format
Type:
acronym
UTF-16
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16-Bit UCS Transformation Format
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set ⋅ unicode
Markdown:
*[UTF-16]: 16-Bit UCS Transformation Format
Type:
acronym
UTF-32
…
32-Bit UCS Transformation Format
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set ⋅ unicode
Markdown:
*[UTF-32]: 32-Bit UCS Transformation Format
Type:
acronym
UTF-8
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8-Bit UCS Transformation Format
Category:
character encoding ⋅ character set ⋅ unicode
Markdown:
*[UTF-8]: 8-Bit UCS Transformation Format
Type:
acronym
ZIP
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archive file format (meaning “move at high speed”)
Category:
file format ⋅ data compression
Markdown:
*[ZIP]: archive file format (meaning “move at high speed”)
Type:
slang