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diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..05f8ce9190 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,220 @@ +.. _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. + |