Difference between revisions of "Glossary"
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* MS: Microsoft | * MS: Microsoft | ||
* Unix: Older closed versions of Linux,mostly similar, differen only in smaller details | * Unix: Older closed versions of Linux,mostly similar, differen only in smaller details | ||
| − | * Linux: | + | * Linux: Practically the same as Unix, except open-source |
* Linux distribution: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, SuSE, | * Linux distribution: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, SuSE, | ||
* GUI: Graphical User Interface: added pixel-based layer to make things easier and look nicer. | * GUI: Graphical User Interface: added pixel-based layer to make things easier and look nicer. | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 3 October 2016
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: Practically 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
