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>Linux Dictionary</H1
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>Version 0.16</H2
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>Author: Binh Nguyen</H3
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>linuxfilesystem(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au</A
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>2004-08-16<BR></P
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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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> 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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> http://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/</A
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>Searchable databases exist at locations such as:</P
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> http://www.swpearl.com/eng/scripts/dictionary/</A
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>(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.</P
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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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>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
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and a locally written technology news site (with bad grammer :))
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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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>Linux Dictionary</A
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