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D. Glossary and References

affix
    in grammar, a word element that, when added to a word, modifies its
    meaning or function; prefix, infix, or suffix.
Debian
    A 100% Open Source Linux distribution http://www.debian.org
DICT protocol
    A TCP transaction based query/response protocol that allows a client
    to access dictionary definitions from a set of natural language
    dictionary databases. http://www.dict.org/
Gnome
    A project to build a complete, user-friendly desktop based entirely on
    free software. http://www.gnome.org/
GTK+
    A library for creating graphical user interfaces for the X Window
    System. It is designed to be small, efficient, and flexible. http://
    www.gtk.org/
GUI
    Graphics User Interface
Ispell.el
    Emacs interface for ispell. http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/
    ispell-page.html
Ispell
    An international spell checker which is just about the only decent
    Open Source spell checker out there. (except Aspell of course). http:/
    /fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html
Ispell -a
    An Ispell mode that is designed to be used by other applications
    though a pipe.
KDE
    A powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. http:/
    /www.kde.org
Linux
    A Open Source version of Unix which runs on many platforms. http://
    www.linux.org/
LyX
    An What You See is What You Mean document editor for the X
    environment, http://www.lyx.org
Open Source
    Software where the source code is available for anyone to extend or
    modify. http://www.opensource.org/
Red Hat
    A commercial Linux distribution. http://www.redhat.com
RPM
    Red Hat's packing format also used by other Linux distributions.
STL
    Standard Temple Library. A C++ library of container classes,
    algorithms, and iterators.
SGI STL
    Silicon Graphics implantation of the STL. http://www.sgi.com/
    Technology/STL/
STLPort
    A port of SGI STL designed to run on compilers that don't support all
    the latest features of C++. http://corp.metabyte.com/~fbp/stl/

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Thorsten Maerz 2002-12-18
