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GNU Networked Object Model Environment -- an open source desktop environment aimed primarily at UNIX computers. Quite popular in the past, before it removed all of the features people liked. \\ | ||
GNU & | ||
GNU is Not Unix -- a layer of libraries and utilities to implement a UNIX like operating system, commonly used on top of Linux. \\ | ||
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\rowcolor{black} \color{white}{Term} & \color{white}{Translation} \\ | ||
Internet Explorer & | ||
Just use Firefox. No, really. \\ | ||
IRC & | ||
The lifeblood of UCCan communication. Internet Relay Chat lets you share news, stories and terrible puns with other members worldwide. \\ | ||
KDE & | ||
The K Desktop Environment. A rival of GNOME which some members prefer. Contains a frankly scary number of features, and a memory footprint to match. \\ | ||
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kernel & | ||
The core of an operating system. All operating systems have a kernel, some popular ones include the Linux kernel and the Mach kernel. \\ | ||
LDAP & | ||
... | ... | @@ -61,12 +67,23 @@ OCM & |
Ordinary Committee Member -- the worker drones of the UCC Committee, they do lots of work, for little reward. \\ | ||
Oligoboot & | ||
boots more then one operating system (selectable when you boot). These all end up booted into Windows. \\ | ||
OpenSolaris & | ||
A UNIX developed by Sun Microsystems, and abandoned by Oracle. \\ | ||
NeXTStep & | ||
An operating system developed by NeXT before they were bought out by Apple. Lots of NeXTStep is incorporated into Mac OS X. \\ | ||
open source & | ||
A software ideology, where the source code to software (what is compiled into the program you run) is freely available. Also known as Free Software, exactly what makes a program open source is a good way to get into an argument. \\ | ||
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\rowcolor{black} \color{white}{Term} & \color{white}{Translation} \\ | ||
Planet & | ||
A web page that syndicates blogs. UCC has one at \url{http://planet.ucc.asn.au/} \\ | ||
Secret Wheel Song & | ||
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A Service Level Agreement. A document describing how reliable services are. UCC does not have one, and you should not ask Wheel members about it. \\ | ||
terminal server & | ||
Sort of a router for serial ports, allows you to connect to one serial port from another. Usually connected to DEC Terminals, servers and dispense. (It can also refer to other sorts of servers which provide login sessions over the network). \\ | ||
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theft book & | ||
this is where you write down that you borrowed tools from UCC. It is not for borrowing books; you mail \href{mailto:[email protected]}{[email protected]} to do that. \\ | ||
TLA & | ||
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UniSFA & | ||
the University Science Fiction Association, the ones down the hall. \\ | ||
VM & | ||
A VM or Virtual Machine is a computer emulated on top of another computer. Many of the UCC's servers run inside VMs. The claim is that UCC's VMs are not a ``single point of failure.'' That's the machine they are all running on: \server{medico}. \\ | ||
A VM or Virtual Machine is a computer emulated on top of another computer. Many of the UCC's servers run inside VMs. The claim is that UCC's VMs are not a ``single point of failure.'' That's the machine they are all running on: \server{medico}. \\ | ||
WAIX & | ||
WA Internet eXchange -- a group of ISPs and interested bodies who peer resources on the Internet for mutual benefit. \\ | ||
Wheel Group & | ||
the group responsible for maintaining computers, accounts and services in UCC. \\ | ||
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