| ABI |
Application Binary Interface |
| ALFS |
Automated Linux From Scratch |
| ALSA |
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ATA |
Advanced Technology Attachment (see IDE) |
| BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
| bless |
manipulate a filesystem so that OF will boot from it |
| BLFS |
Beyond Linux From Scratch |
| BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
| chroot |
change root |
| CLFS |
Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| COS |
Class Of Service |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CVS |
Concurrent Versions System |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DNS |
Domain Name Service |
| EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Adapter |
| ELF |
Executable and Linkable Format |
| EOF |
End of File |
| EQN |
equation |
| EVMS |
Enterprise Volume Management System |
| ext2 |
second extended file system |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FHS |
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard |
| FIFO |
First-In, First Out |
| FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| GB |
Gibabytes |
| GCC |
GNU Compiler Collection |
| GID |
Group Identifier |
| GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
| GPG |
GNU Privacy Guard |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| IDE |
Integrated Drive Electronics |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| IO |
Input/Output |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IPC |
Inter-Process Communication |
| IRC |
Internet Relay Chat |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| KB |
Kilobytes |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LFS |
Linux From Scratch |
| LSB |
Linux Standard Base |
| MB |
Megabytes |
| MBR |
Master Boot Record |
| MD5 |
Message Digest 5 |
| NIC |
Network Interface Card |
| NLS |
Native Language Support |
| NNTP |
Network News Transport Protocol |
| NPTL |
Native POSIX Threading Library |
| OF |
Open Firmware |
| OSS |
Open Sound System |
| PCH |
Pre-Compiled Headers |
| PCRE |
Perl Compatible Regular Expression |
| PID |
Process Identifier |
| PLFS |
Pure Linux From Scratch |
| PTY |
pseudo terminal |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QOS |
Quality Of Service |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
| RTC |
Real Time Clock |
| SCO |
The Santa Cruz Operation |
| SATA |
Serial ATA |
| SGR |
Select Graphic Rendition |
| SHA1 |
Secure-Hash Algorithm 1 |
| SMP |
Symmetric Multi-Processor |
| TLDP |
The Linux Documentation Project |
| TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TLS |
Thread-Local Storage |
| UID |
User Identifier |
| umask |
user file-creation mask |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
| UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
| UUID |
Universally Unique Identifier |
| VC |
Virtual Console |
| VGA |
Video Graphics Array |
| VT |
Virtual Terminal |