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<title>Linux Dictionary</title>
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<firstname>Author: Binh</firstname>
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<para>
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This document is designed to be a resource for those Linux users wishing
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to seek clarification on Linux/UNIX/POSIX related terms and jargon. At
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approximately 24000 definitions and two thousand pages it is one of the largest
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Linux related dictionaries currently available. Due to the rapid rate at which
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new terms are being created it has been decided that this will be an active
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project. We welcome input into the content of this document. At this moment
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in time half yearly updates are being envisaged.
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</para>
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<para>
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Please note that if you wish to find a 'Computer Dictionary' then
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see the 'Computer Dictionary Project' at
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<ulink url="http://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/">
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http://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/</ulink>
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<para><ulink url="http://www.swpearl.com/eng/scripts/dictionary/">
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http://www.swpearl.com/eng/scripts/dictionary/</ulink></para>
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<para>(SWP) Sun Wah-PearL Linux Training and Development Centre
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is a centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, established
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in 2000. Presently SWP is delivering professional grade Linux
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and related Open Source Software (OSS) technology training and
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consultant service in Hong Kong. SWP has an ambitious aim to promote
|
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the use of Linux and related Open Source Software (OSS) and Standards.
|
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The vendor independent positioning of SWP has been very well perceived
|
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by the market. Throughout the last couple of years, SWP becomes the Top
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Leading OSS training and service provider in Hong Kong.</para>
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<para><ulink url="http://www.geona.com/dictionary?b=">
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http://www.geona.com/dictionary?b=</ulink></para>
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<para>Geona, operated by Gold Vision Communications, is a new
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powerful search engine and internet directory, delivering quick
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and relevant results on almost any topic or subject you can imagine.
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The term "Geona" is an Italian and Hebrew name, meaning wisdom,
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exaltation, pride or majesty. We use our own database of spidered
|
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web sites and the Open Directory database, the same database which
|
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powers the core directory services for the Web's largest and most
|
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popular search engines and portals. Geona is spidering all domains
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listed in the non-adult part of the Open Directory and millions of
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additional sites of general interest to maintain a fulltext index
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of highly relevant web sites.</para>
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<para><ulink url="http://www.linuxdig.com/documents/dictionary.php">
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http://www.linuxdig.com/documents/dictionary.php</ulink></para>
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<para>LINUXDIG.COM, "Yours News and Resource Site",
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LinuxDig.com was started in May 2001 as a hobby site with the
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original intention of getting the RFC's online and becoming an
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Open Source software link/download site. But since that time the site
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||||
has evolved to become a RFC distribution site, linux news site
|
||||
and a locally written technology news site (with bad grammer :))
|
||||
with focus on Linux while also containing articles about anything
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||||
and everything we find interesting in the computer world. LinuxDig.Com
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contains about 20,000 documents and this number is growing everyday!
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</para>
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<para><ulink url="http://linux.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm">
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http://linux.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm</ulink></para>
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<para>Each month more than 20 million people visit About.com.
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||||
Whether it be home repair and decorating ideas, recipes, movie
|
||||
trailers, or car buying tips, our Guides offer practical advice
|
||||
and solutions for every day life. Wherever you land on the new
|
||||
About.com, you'll find other content that is relevant to your
|
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interests. If you're looking for "How To" advice on planning
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to re-finish your deck, we'll also show you the tools you need
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to get the job done. If you've been to About before, we'll show
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you the latest updates, so you don't see the same thing twice.
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No matter where you are on About.com, or how you got here,
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you'll always find content that is relevant to your needs.
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<para>Should you wish to possess your own localised searcheable
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version please make use of the available "dict",
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<ulink url="http://www.dict.org">http://www.dict.org/</ulink>
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version at the Linux Documentation Project home page, <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/">http://www.tldp.org/</ulink>
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how to install and run it on their specific systems.
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<para><ulink url="http://elibrary.fultus.com/covers/technical/linux/guides/Linux-Dictionary/cover.html">
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http://elibrary.fultus.com/covers/technical/linux/guides/Linux-Dictionary/cover.html</ulink></para>
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<para>Fultus Corporation helps writers and companies to publish, promote,
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market, and sell books and eBooks. Fultus combines traditional self-publishing
|
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practices with modern technology to produce paperback and hardcover
|
||||
print-on-demand (POD) books and electronic books (eBooks).
|
||||
Fultus publishes works (fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, mystery,
|
||||
...) by both published and unpublished authors. We enable you to
|
||||
self-publish easily and cost-effectively, creating your book as
|
||||
a print-ready paperback or hardcover POD book or as an electronic
|
||||
book (eBook) in multiple eBook's formats. You retain all rights
|
||||
to your work. We provide distribution to bookstores worldwide. And all
|
||||
at a fraction of the cost of traditional publishing.
|
||||
We also offer corporate publishing solutions that enable businesses to
|
||||
produce and deliver manuals and documentation more efficiently and
|
||||
economically. Our use of electronic delivery and print-on-demand technologies
|
||||
reduces printed inventory and saves time.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Please inform the author as to whether you would like to create a
|
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database or an alternative form of the dictionary so that he can include
|
||||
you in this list. Also note that the author considers breaches
|
||||
of copyright to be extremely serious. He will pursue all claims
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to the fullest extent of the law.</para>
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</abstract>
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<legalnotice>
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<para>Copyright 2003 Binh Nguyen</para>
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<para>Trademarks are owned by their owners.</para>
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<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.2; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
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The source code and other machine readable formats
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of this book can be found on the Internet at the
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Linux Documentation Project home page <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/">http://www.tldp.org/</ulink>
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The latest version of this document can be found at
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<ulink url="http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Dictionary/">
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http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Dictionary/</ulink>
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<title>Linux Dictionary</title>
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<subtitle>Version 0.16</subtitle>
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<pubdate>2004-08-16</pubdate>
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<para>
|
||||
This document is designed to be a resource for those Linux users wishing
|
||||
to seek clarification on Linux/UNIX/POSIX related terms and jargon. At
|
||||
approximately 24000 definitions and two thousand pages it is one of the largest
|
||||
Linux related dictionaries currently available. Due to the rapid rate at which
|
||||
new terms are being created it has been decided that this will be an active
|
||||
project. We welcome input into the content of this document. At this moment
|
||||
in time half yearly updates are being envisaged.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Please note that if you wish to find a 'Computer Dictionary' then
|
||||
see the 'Computer Dictionary Project' at
|
||||
<ulink url="http://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/">
|
||||
http://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Searchable databases exist at locations such as:</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para><ulink url="http://www.swpearl.com/eng/scripts/dictionary/">
|
||||
http://www.swpearl.com/eng/scripts/dictionary/</ulink></para>
|
||||
<para>(SWP) Sun Wah-PearL Linux Training and Development Centre
|
||||
is a centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, established
|
||||
in 2000. Presently SWP is delivering professional grade Linux
|
||||
and related Open Source Software (OSS) technology training and
|
||||
consultant service in Hong Kong. SWP has an ambitious aim to promote
|
||||
the use of Linux and related Open Source Software (OSS) and Standards.
|
||||
The vendor independent positioning of SWP has been very well perceived
|
||||
by the market. Throughout the last couple of years, SWP becomes the Top
|
||||
Leading OSS training and service provider in Hong Kong.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para><ulink url="http://www.geona.com/dictionary?b=">
|
||||
http://www.geona.com/dictionary?b=</ulink></para>
|
||||
<para>Geona, operated by Gold Vision Communications, is a new
|
||||
powerful search engine and internet directory, delivering quick
|
||||
and relevant results on almost any topic or subject you can imagine.
|
||||
The term "Geona" is an Italian and Hebrew name, meaning wisdom,
|
||||
exaltation, pride or majesty. We use our own database of spidered
|
||||
web sites and the Open Directory database, the same database which
|
||||
powers the core directory services for the Web's largest and most
|
||||
popular search engines and portals. Geona is spidering all domains
|
||||
listed in the non-adult part of the Open Directory and millions of
|
||||
additional sites of general interest to maintain a fulltext index
|
||||
of highly relevant web sites.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para><ulink url="http://www.linuxdig.com/documents/dictionary.php">
|
||||
http://www.linuxdig.com/documents/dictionary.php</ulink></para>
|
||||
<para>LINUXDIG.COM, "Yours News and Resource Site",
|
||||
LinuxDig.com was started in May 2001 as a hobby site with the
|
||||
original intention of getting the RFC's online and becoming an
|
||||
Open Source software link/download site. But since that time the site
|
||||
has evolved to become a RFC distribution site, linux news site
|
||||
and a locally written technology news site (with bad grammer :))
|
||||
with focus on Linux while also containing articles about anything
|
||||
and everything we find interesting in the computer world. LinuxDig.Com
|
||||
contains about 20,000 documents and this number is growing everyday!
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para><ulink url="http://linux.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm">
|
||||
http://linux.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm</ulink></para>
|
||||
<para>Each month more than 20 million people visit About.com.
|
||||
Whether it be home repair and decorating ideas, recipes, movie
|
||||
trailers, or car buying tips, our Guides offer practical advice
|
||||
and solutions for every day life. Wherever you land on the new
|
||||
About.com, you'll find other content that is relevant to your
|
||||
interests. If you're looking for "How To" advice on planning
|
||||
to re-finish your deck, we'll also show you the tools you need
|
||||
to get the job done. If you've been to About before, we'll show
|
||||
you the latest updates, so you don't see the same thing twice.
|
||||
No matter where you are on About.com, or how you got here,
|
||||
you'll always find content that is relevant to your needs.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
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<ulink url="http://www.lifeindevelopment.com/linux-dictionary/">
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<para>
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www.trainingbyroi.com</ulink>
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|
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-->
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Should you wish to possess your own localised searcheable
|
||||
version please make use of the available "dict",
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.dict.org">http://www.dict.org/</ulink>
|
||||
version at the Linux Documentation Project home page, <ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.tldp.org/">http://www.tldp.org/</ulink>
|
||||
The author has decided to leave it up to readers to determine
|
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how to install and run it on their specific systems.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>An alternative form of the dictionary is available at:</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para><ulink url="http://elibrary.fultus.com/covers/technical/linux/guides/Linux-Dictionary/cover.html">
|
||||
http://elibrary.fultus.com/covers/technical/linux/guides/Linux-Dictionary/cover.html</ulink></para>
|
||||
<para>Fultus Corporation helps writers and companies to publish, promote,
|
||||
market, and sell books and eBooks. Fultus combines traditional self-publishing
|
||||
practices with modern technology to produce paperback and hardcover
|
||||
print-on-demand (POD) books and electronic books (eBooks).
|
||||
Fultus publishes works (fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, mystery,
|
||||
...) by both published and unpublished authors. We enable you to
|
||||
self-publish easily and cost-effectively, creating your book as
|
||||
a print-ready paperback or hardcover POD book or as an electronic
|
||||
book (eBook) in multiple eBook's formats. You retain all rights
|
||||
to your work. We provide distribution to bookstores worldwide. And all
|
||||
at a fraction of the cost of traditional publishing.
|
||||
We also offer corporate publishing solutions that enable businesses to
|
||||
produce and deliver manuals and documentation more efficiently and
|
||||
economically. Our use of electronic delivery and print-on-demand technologies
|
||||
reduces printed inventory and saves time.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Please inform the author as to whether you would like to create a
|
||||
database or an alternative form of the dictionary so that he can include
|
||||
you in this list. Also note that the author considers breaches
|
||||
of copyright to be extremely serious. He will pursue all claims
|
||||
to the fullest extent of the law.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</abstract>
|
||||
|
||||
<legalnotice>
|
||||
<para>Copyright 2003 Binh Nguyen</para>
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<para>Trademarks are owned by their owners.</para>
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<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.2; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
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and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in
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the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".</para>
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</legalnotice>
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</bookinfo>
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<preface><title>Source and pre-formatted versions available</title>
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<para>
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The source code and other machine readable formats
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of this book can be found on the Internet at the
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Linux Documentation Project home page <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/">http://www.tldp.org/</ulink>
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The latest version of this document can be found at
|
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<ulink url="http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Dictionary/">
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http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Dictionary/</ulink>
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</para>
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</preface>
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<chapter>
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<title>Linux Dictionary</title>
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&Punctuation;
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&A;
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&B;
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&C;
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&D;
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&E;
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&F;
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&G;
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&H;
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&I;
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&J;
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&K;
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&L;
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&M;
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&N;
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&O;
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&P;
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&Q;
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&R;
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&S;
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&T;
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&U;
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&V;
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&W;
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&X;
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&Y;
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&Z;
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<para></para>
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</chapter>
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|
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&About-the-Author;
|
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&Contributors;
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&Disclaimer;
|
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&Donations;
|
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&Feedback;
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&References;
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&GFDL;
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</book>
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