Acronyms

ALSA

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture

API

Application Programming Interface

BSD

Berkeley Software Distribution

BTL

Bell Telephone Laboratories

CD-ROM

Compact Disc - Read Only Memory

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CSRG

Austin Common Standards Revision Group

CVS

Concurrent Versioning System

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation

EL/IX

Linux Based Open Standards for Embedded Development

FEST

Framework for European Services in Telemedicine

FHS

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

FSF

Free Software Foundation

FSG

Free Standards Group

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GE

General Electric Company

GIMP

GNU Image Manipulation Program

GNU

GNU is Not Unix

GPG

GNU Privacy Guard

GPL

GNU General Public License

HOWTO

Document Explaining 'How to ...'

HP

Hewlett Packard

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

IBM

International Business Machines

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IDE

Integrated Development Environment

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

ISO

International Standardization Organization

ISP

Internet Service Provider

IT

Information Technology

KDE

K Desktop Environment

LGPL

GNU Library or `Lesser' General Public License

LI18NUX

Linux Internationalization Initiative

LSB

Linux Standard Base

MIT

Massachussets Institute of Technology

MPL

Mozilla Public License

MULTICS

Multiplexed Information and Computing Service

NDA

Non-Disclosure Agreement

NCSA

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

ODP

Open Distributed Processing

OSD

Open Source Definition

OSP

Open Source Project

OSS

Open Source Software

POSIX

Portable Operating System Interface Exchange

QPL

Q Public License

RCS

Revision Control System

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface

SGI

Silicon Graphics Inc.

TINA

Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture

TINA-C

Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture Consortium

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

WISE

Web-Integrated Software Metrics Environment