Glossary

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To clarify inevitable (nearly always) Unix jargon that comes up.

  • Directory: folder
  • Execute: run, launch
  • Process: task (usually small)
  • Thread: process
  • CPU, hardware processor.
  • Console: terminal, command-line screen.
  • Prompt: characters that appear before blinking cursor: a good sign you are logged in
  • MS: Microsoft
  • Unix: Older closed versions of Linux,mostly similar, differen only in smaller details
  • Linux: Practical the same as Unix, except open-source
  • Linux distribution: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, SuSE,
  • GUI: Graphical User Interface: added pixel-based layer to make things easier and look nicer.
  • X-Windows, GUI for Unix/Linux
  • X11: X-Windows
  • Kill: to stop a process