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Glossary
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.. if you add new entries, keep the alphabetical sorting!
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.. glossary::
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BIOS
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A set of computer instructions in firmware that control input and
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output operations.
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CLI
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Command Line Interface
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Domain Specific Language
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A special purpose programming language dedicated to a particular
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problem area, e.g. SQL is a domain specific language for retrieval
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of data from a database.
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EPEL
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Common acronym for Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux. These are
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typically included in Fedora Linux, and provided for RedHat, CentOS,
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and other RPM-based distributions. The project's homepage is
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`here <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL>`_.
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MAC
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Pronounced as "mack" and often used as a noun referring to a network
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device's Media Access Controller (MAC) address. A MAC address is a
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globally unique number assigned to each interface in an Ethernet network
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and used to direct Ethernet frames between source and destination
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devices.
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OSI
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Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) is an effort to develop
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standards-based computer networking protocols in order to allow
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networking equipment from different vendors to interoperate without
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relying on implementation of competing proprietary protocols. The OSI is
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best known for the development of the standard seven-layer OSI model for
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describing layers of abstraction into which the various networking
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protocols are categorized.
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RFC
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The RFC documents (Request for Comments) are a series of Internet
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standards, best common practices, and related documents describing how
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networked computers communicate. This document series provides the
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standards for how the Internet and many other related technologies
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interrelate and interoperate.
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