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100BaseT 10Base2 10BaseT

a

absolute mode absolute path accelerator keys access access control account active partition active window ACU Adapter Description File Adapter Description File. address administrator Advanced Graphics Port AGP algorithm alias alias tracks Alt analog anchors ANSI anti-caching API APM application Application programming interface arbitration archive argument ARP ASCII AT command set atomic attribute authorization auto answer automounter awk

b

back-slash back-tick background process backup bad track bandwidth base address basename Basis Input/Output Services baud baud rate bdflush binary binding BIOS bit bitmap block device blocking boat loader boot boot device boot sector bootstring bottleneck bps bridge browser buffer buffer cache bus bus arbitration bus mastering devices bus topology byte

c

cache cache memory card caret carriage return carrier CCITT CD-ROM Central Processing Unit Centronics connector CGA CGI chain character character device chat script checksum child process CISC class clean client client-server model clock tick CMOS COM port command command alias command argument command flags command line command line interpreter command options command substitution compile Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Complex Instruction Set Computer compression contention context context switch control character control key core dump corrupt CPU cpu privilege level crack crash cron cross-over cable Ctrl current working directory cursor cylinder

d

DAC daemon DAT data mode database DCE decimal decode default defunct process descriptor device device driver device file device nodes die Digital to Analog Converter digitalus enormus DIN connector DIPP Direct Memory Access directory directory name dirty discretionary access control disk mirroring disk pieces disk striping diskette display distribution division DLL DMA DNS domain domain name Domain Name System DOS dot file dotted-decimal notation double-quotes DPI DRAM drive DTE dtnode Dual In-line Pin Package dump device dynamic Dynamic Link Library

e

ECC edge-triggered interrupts EGA EIDE EIP EISA ELF emulator encapsulation encode encrypt encrypted password environment environment variable error message Esc. escape character escape key escape sequences escaping characters ESDI Ethernet event exception exception handlers executable file execute exitcode expanded memory expansion bus expansion card export extended memory

f

FAQ fault FHS field separator file file creation mask file descriptor file permissions file table filesystem Filesystem Hierarchy Standard filter first level cache floppy disk floppy drive flow control focus foreground fork format forward slash forwarder FQDN fragmetation Free Software Foundation freelist FSF ftp full path

g

gateway Gb GDT GID gigabyte global GNU GPL group GUI

h

hang hard disk hard link hardware hardware flow control hardware-mediated bus Hayes command set head header hexadecimal hit ratio home directory hops host host adapter host equivalence hostname HOWTO HTML HTTP Huffman coding

i

I/O I/O port ICMP icon IDE idle IDT init inode inode table input Input/Output install interactive interface Internet interrupt interrupt handler Interrupt Service Routine invoke IP IP address IRQ ISA ISDN ISO ISP ISR IT ITU

j

jiffy job jumper

k

Kb kernel kernel mode kernel parameter kerneld keyboard kilobyte

l

Lan LBA LDP LDT LED level-one cache level-triggered interrupts level-two cache library call lilo link link count linked list linkkit Linux Documentation Project Linux Professional Institute load local locale localhost locality principle log logical block addressing Logical Unit Number login login group login shell logname logout loopback device LPI LUN

m

MAC address magic number Mail Transfer Agent Mail User Agent maintenance mode major number man-page mask maskable interrupts master boot record master boot record Maximum Transmission Unit Mb MBR MCA media Media Access Control megabyte memory metacharacter Micro-Channel Architecture MIME minor number mirroring MO drives modem modem control port monitor mount mount point mount table mouse MTA MTU MUA multi-tasking multi-user multi-user mode multiprocessor system multiscreen

n

name server namei cache netmask network NFS nice value NIS NMI non-maskable interrupt

o

octal offline online operating system option options disk output owner

p

package packet page page directory page fault page table paging panic parallel parameter parent directory parent process parity parity bit partition password path PCI PCL peer peripheral permissions physical memory PIC PID pipe polling POST PPID PPP pre-initialized data preemption print queue print spooler printer class printer interface scripts priority process process table processor program prompt protected mode protocol protocol stack protocol suite pseudo-terminal

q

r

RAID RAM raw device Read-Only Memory redirection Reduced Instruction Set Computer reduntant region region descriptor region table register regular expression relative path relink remote host resource restore RFC RISC ROM root root filesystem route router RPC RPM RTS/CTS flow control run run-level

s

SAMBA SATAN scatter-gather script SCSI search path second level cache sector security sed segment serial serial port server shared data region shared library shell shell escape shell script shell variable shutdown signal SIMM single-quotes single-user mode SLIP smart host SMB SMTP SNEAKER-Net SNMP SOA soft link software flow control software interrupts source code spawn spooler SRAM stack stack region standard error standard input standard output star topology start bit static stderr stdin stdout stop bit streams stripe width sub-shell sub-system authorizations subdirectory subdomain subnet SUID superblock superuser SVGA swap swap device swap space swapping symbolic link symbolic mode synchronize syntax system call system maintenance mode system mode

t

Tb TCP terabyte terminal terminate terminating resistors text text file text region third party thrashing throughput tilda time slice TLB toggle token track transport layer trap troubleshoot TSS tune type

u

uarea UART ublock UDP UID umask UNIX unload upgrade UPS URL user account user equivalence user mode user name utility UUCP

v

variable VESA VGA viewport virtual address virtual memory VLB

w

Wabi wait channel WCHAN well connected host whitespace wildcard Windows 95 write policy Write-Back Write-Dirty Write-Through WWW

x

X X client X server X Window System XON/XOFF flow control

z

ZIF zombie process

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