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+<H1><A NAME="SECTION001400000000000000000">Glossary (DRAFT)</A></H1>
+<P>
+<P>
+<I>
+The Librarian of the Unseen University <BR>
+had unilaterally decided to aid comprehension <BR>
+by producing an Orang-utan/Human Dictionary. <BR>
+He'd been working on it for three months.
+<P>
+It wasn't easy. He'd got as far as `Oook.'
+<P>
+(Terry Pratchett, ``Men At Arms'') <BR>
+</I><P>
+<P>
+This is a short list of word definitions for concepts relating to
+Linux and system administration. The page references are to the
+first or most important place where the word is used.
+<P>
+<DL ><DT><STRONG>ambition</STRONG>
+<DD>
+ The act of writing funny sentences in the hope of getting them
+ into the Linux cookie file.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>application program</STRONG>
+<DD> (p. <A HREF="node5.html#chapoverview"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="./cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>)
+ Software that does something useful. The results of using an
+ application program is what the computer was bought for.
+ See also system program, operating system.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>daemon</STRONG>
+<DD> A process lurking in the background, usually unnoticed, until
+ something triggers it into action. For example, the <tt>update</tt><A NAME="3232">&#160;</A>
+ daemon wakes up every thirty seconds or so to flush the buffer
+ cache, and the <tt>sendmail</tt><A NAME="3234">&#160;</A> daemon awakes whenever someone sends
+ mail.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>file system</STRONG>
+<DD> (p. <A HREF="node41.html#secfilesystems"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="./cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>)
+ The methods and data structures that an operating
+ system uses to keep track of files on a disk or partition;
+ the way the files are organized on the disk. Also used about
+ a partition or disk that is used to store the files
+ or the type of the filesystem.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>glossary</STRONG>
+<DD>
+ A list of words and explanations of what they do. Not
+ to be confused with a dictionary, which is also a list of
+ words and explanations.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>kernel</STRONG>
+<DD> (p. <A HREF="node5.html#chapoverview"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="./cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>)
+ Part of an operating system that implements the interaction with
+ hardware and the sharing of resources. See also system program.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>operating system</STRONG>
+<DD> (p. <A HREF="node5.html#chapoverview"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="./cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>)
+ Software that shares a computer system's resources (processor,
+ memory, disk space, network bandwidth, and so on) between
+ users and the application programs they run. Controls access
+ to the system to provide security. See also kernel, system program,
+ application program.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>system call</STRONG>
+<DD> (p. <A HREF="node5.html#chapoverview"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="./cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>)
+ The services provided by the kernel to application programs,
+ and the way in which they are invoked. See section 2 of the
+ manual pages.
+<P>
+<DT><STRONG>system program</STRONG>
+<DD> (p. <A HREF="node5.html#chapoverview"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="./cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>)
+ Programs that implement high level functionality of an operating
+ system, i.e., things that aren't directly dependent on the
+ hardware. May sometimes require special privileges to run
+ (e.g., for delivering electronic mail), but often just commonly
+ thought of as part of the system (e.g., a compiler). See also
+ application program, kernel, operating system.
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+<P><ADDRESS>
+<I>Lars Wirzenius <BR>
+Sat Nov 15 02:32:11 EET 1997</I>
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