Difference between revisions of "Glossary"
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* Directory: folder | * Directory: folder | ||
| + | * Subdirectory: sub folder, i.e. a directory with a directory. | ||
* Execute: run, launch | * Execute: run, launch | ||
* Process: task (usually small) | * Process: task (usually small) | ||
* Thread: process | * Thread: process | ||
* CPU, hardware processor. | * CPU, hardware processor. | ||
| + | * Recursion: run a task for every depth a certain structure (i.e. a directory) holds. | ||
* Console: terminal, command-line screen. | * Console: terminal, command-line screen. | ||
| − | * Prompt: characters that appear before blinking cursor: | + | * Shell: the program responsible for accepting your typing and sending output back |
| + | * Prompt: The shell's entry area, characters that appear before blinking cursor: the beginning of the command line | ||
* 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 | ||
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* Kill: to stop a process | * Kill: to stop a process | ||
* | : bar, vertical bar, pipe .. this is the pipe operator, permits output of one command go into another | * | : bar, vertical bar, pipe .. this is the pipe operator, permits output of one command go into another | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 4 October 2016
To clarify inevitable (nearly always) Unix jargon that comes up.
- Directory: folder
- Subdirectory: sub folder, i.e. a directory with a directory.
- Execute: run, launch
- Process: task (usually small)
- Thread: process
- CPU, hardware processor.
- Recursion: run a task for every depth a certain structure (i.e. a directory) holds.
- Console: terminal, command-line screen.
- Shell: the program responsible for accepting your typing and sending output back
- Prompt: The shell's entry area, characters that appear before blinking cursor: the beginning of the command line
- 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
- | : bar, vertical bar, pipe .. this is the pipe operator, permits output of one command go into another
