Glossary

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