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+.. _glossary:
+
+Glossary
+========
+
+From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
+
+.. glossary::
+
+
+ .htaccess
+ the default name of Apache's directory-level configuration file.
+
+ Blowfish
+ a keyed, symmetric block cipher, designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier.
+
+ Browser (Web Browser)
+ a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web.
+
+ bzip2
+ a free software/open source data compression algorithm and program developed by Julian Seward.
+
+ CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
+ an important World Wide Web technology that enables a client web browser to request data from a program executed on the Web server.
+
+ Changelog
+ a log or record of changes made to a project.
+
+ Client
+ a computer system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer by some kind of network.
+
+ column
+ a set of data values of a particular simple type, one for each row of the table.
+
+ Cookie
+ a packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server.
+
+ CSV
+ Comma- separated values
+
+ DB
+ look at :term:`database`.
+
+ database
+ an organized collection of data.
+
+ Engine
+ look at :term:`Storage Engines`
+
+ extension
+ a PHP module that extends PHP with additional functionality.
+
+ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
+ a list of commonly asked question and there answers.
+
+ Field
+ one part of divided data/columns.
+
+ foreign key
+ a column or group of columns in a database row that point to a key column or group of columns forming a key of another database row in some (usually different) table.
+
+ FPDF (FreePDF)
+ the free PDF library
+
+ GD Graphics Library
+ a library by Thomas Boutell and others for dynamically manipulating images.
+
+ GD2
+ look at :term:`GD Graphics Library`
+
+ gzip
+ gzip is short for GNU zip, a GNU free software file compression program.
+
+ host
+ any machine connected to a computer network, a node that has a hostname.
+
+ hostname
+ the unique name by which a network attached device is known on a network.
+
+ HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
+ the primary method used to transfer or convey information on the World Wide Web.
+
+ https
+ a :abbr:`HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)`-connection with additional security measures.
+
+ IIS (Internet Information Services)
+ a set of Internet-based services for servers using Microsoft Windows.
+
+ Index
+ a feature that allows quick access to the rows in a table.
+
+ IP (Internet Protocol)
+ a data-oriented protocol used by source and destination hosts for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork.
+
+ IP Address
+ a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard.
+
+ ISAPI (Internet Server Application Programming Interface)
+ the API of Internet Information Services (IIS).
+
+ ISP (Internet service provider)
+ a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services.
+
+ JPEG
+ a most commonly used standard method of lossy compression for photographic images.
+
+ JPG
+ look at :term:`JPEG`
+
+ Key
+ look at :term:`Index`
+
+ LATEX
+ a document preparation system for the TEX typesetting program.
+
+ Mac (Apple Macintosh)
+ line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer.
+
+ :abbr:`Mac (Apple Macintosh)` :abbr:`OS (operating system)` X
+ the operating system which is included with all currently shipping Apple Macintosh computers in the consumer and professional markets.
+
+ MCrypt
+ a cryptographic library.
+
+ mcrypt
+ the MCrypt PHP extension.
+
+ MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
+ an Internet Standard for the format of e-mail.
+
+ module
+ some sort of extension for the Apache Webserver.
+
+ MySQL
+ a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) Database Management System (DBMS).
+
+ mysqli
+ the improved MySQL client PHP extension.
+
+ mysql
+ the MySQL client PHP extension.
+
+ OpenDocument
+ open standard for office documents.
+
+ OS X
+ look at .
+
+ PDF (Portable Document Format)
+ a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing two dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent format.
+
+ PEAR
+ the PHP Extension and Application Repository.
+
+ PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions)
+ the perl-compatible regular expression functions for PHP
+
+ PHP
+ short for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", is an open-source, reflective programming language used mainly for developing server-side applications and dynamic web content, and more recently, a broader range of software applications.
+
+ port
+ a connection through which data is sent and received.
+
+ RFC
+ Request for Comments (RFC) documents are a series of memoranda encompassing new research, innovations, and methodologies applicable to Internet technologies.
+
+ RFC 1952
+ GZIP file format specification version 4.3
+
+ Row (record, tuple)
+ represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table.
+
+ Server
+ a computer system that provides services to other computing systems over a network.
+
+ Storage Engines
+ handlers for different table types
+
+ socket
+ a form of inter-process communication.
+
+ SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
+ a cryptographic protocol which provides secure communication on the Internet.
+
+ Stored procedure
+ a subroutine available to applications accessing a relational database system
+
+ SQL
+ Structured Query Language
+
+ table
+ a set of data elements (cells) that is organized, defined and stored as horizontal rows and vertical columns where each item can be uniquely identified by a label or key or by it?s position in relation to other items.
+
+ tar
+ a type of archive file format: the Tape ARchive format.
+
+ TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
+ one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite.
+
+ trigger
+ a procedural code that is automatically executed in response to certain events on a particular table or view in a database
+
+ UFPDF
+ Unicode/UTF-8 extension for FPDF
+
+ URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
+ a sequence of characters, conforming to a standardized format, that is used for referring to resources, such as documents and images on the Internet, by their location.
+
+ Webserver
+ A computer (program) that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients and serving them Web pages.
+
+ XML (Extensible Markup Language)
+ a W3C-recommended general- purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data.
+
+ ZIP
+ a popular data compression and archival format.
+
+ zlib
+ an open-source, cross- platform data compression library by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
+