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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE glossary PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
+<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE">
+<!ENTITY glossary-kdeprinting SYSTEM "kdeprintingglossary.docbook">
+
+
+]>
+
+
+<glossary id="glossary">
+
+&glossary-kdeprinting;
+
+ <glossdiv id="glossdiv-technologies">
+ <title>Technologies</title>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-ioslave">
+ <glossterm><acronym>IO</acronym> Slave</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para><acronym>IO</acronym> Slaves enable &kde; applications to
+ access remote resources as easily as local resources (making them
+ <quote>network transparent</quote>). Remote resources (&eg; files) might
+ be stored on <acronym>SMB</acronym> shares or similar.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-smb"><acronym>SMB</acronym></glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-kio">
+ <glossterm><acronym>KIO</acronym></glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The &kde; Input/Output system which makes use of so-called
+ <quote><acronym>IO</acronym> Slaves</quote>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ioslave"><acronym>IO</acronym>
+Slave</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-kparts">
+ <glossterm>KParts</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>KParts is an embedding technology which allows &kde;
+ applications to embed other &kde; applications. For example, the text
+ view used by &konqueror; is a KPart.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-konqueror">&konqueror;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-ksycoca">
+ <glossterm><acronym>KSycoca</acronym></glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para><acronym>KSycoca</acronym> (&kde; <emphasis>Sy</emphasis>stem
+ <emphasis>Co</emphasis>nfiguration <emphasis>Ca</emphasis>che) is a
+ configuration cache which, for example, guarantees fast access to the menu
+ entries.</para>
+ <glossseealso
+otherterm="gloss-kbuildsycoca"><application>KBuildSycoca</application></glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+
+ <glossdiv id="glossdiv-xfree86">
+ <title>XFree86</title>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-antialiasing">
+ <glossterm>Antialiasing</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>If mentioned in context with &kde;, antialiasing often means
+ the smoothing of the fonts visible on the screen. &Qt; version 2.3.0
+ or higher used together with XFree86 4.x makes this possible under &kde;
+ as well.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-qt">&Qt;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-xserver">
+ <glossterm>&X-Server;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The &X-Server; represents a basic layer upon which the
+ various &GUI;s like &kde; are built. It manages the
+ basic mouse and keyboard input (from the local host as well as from
+ remote hosts) and provides elementary graphic routines to draw
+ rectangles and other primitives.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+
+ <glossdiv id="glossdiv-applications">
+ <title>Applications</title>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-kbuildsycoca">
+ <glossterm><application>KBuildSycoca</application></glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para><application>KBuildSycoca</application> is a command line
+program and regenerates the
+ so-called <acronym>KSycoca</acronym>. This is useful, for example, if some
+or all modules in
+ &kcontrol; are missing.</para>
+ <glossseealso
+otherterm="gloss-ksycoca"><acronym>KSycoca</acronym></glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kcontrol">&kcontrol;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-kcontrol">
+ <glossterm>&kcontrol;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>This is the project and filename of the &kde; control
+ center. &kcontrol; allows you to customize virtually
+ every configuration option of &kde;.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-kicker">
+ <glossterm>&kicker;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>&kicker; is the nickname as well as project name of the
+ &kde; panel.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-panel">Panel</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-konqueror">
+ <glossterm>&konqueror;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>&konqueror; is a filemanager, web browser, picture viewer
+ and more, and a core part of the &kde; project. You can
+ find more information about &konqueror; at <ulink
+ url="http://www.konqueror.org">www.konqueror.org</ulink>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-ksirc">
+ <glossterm>&ksirc;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>&ksirc; is the default <acronym>IRC</acronym> client,
+ which is shipped with &kde;. You can use &ksirc; to chat with anyone on
+ an <acronym>IRC</acronym> network.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-irc"><acronym>IRC</acronym></glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+
+ <glossdiv id="glossdiv-desktop-terminology">
+ <title>Desktop Terminology</title>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-draganddrop">
+ <glossterm>Drag and Drop</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>This concept tries to replace many actions like copying
+ files from one place to another by a certain mouse movement, &eg;
+ clicking on an icon in a &konqueror; window, moving the mouse to another
+ window while keeping the mouse button pressed, and releasing the mouse
+ button (<quote>dropping</quote> the object) copies files.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-konqueror">&konqueror;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-gui">
+ <glossterm>&GUI;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <emphasis>G</emphasis>raphical
+ <emphasis>U</emphasis>ser <emphasis>I</emphasis>nterface. Every desktop
+ environment (like &kde;) is a &GUI;. Most
+ &GUI;s feature mouse support and/or windows to manage
+ the programs.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-kde">
+ <glossterm>&kde;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <quote>K Desktop Environment</quote>, a
+ leading &GUI; for &UNIX;-based systems. You can find more
+ detailled information at <ulink
+ url="http://www.kde.org">www.kde.org</ulink>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-gnome">
+ <glossterm><acronym>GNOME</acronym></glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para><emphasis>G</emphasis>NU <emphasis>N</emphasis>etwork <emphasis>O</emphasis>bject
+ <emphasis>M</emphasis>odel <emphasis>E</emphasis>nvironment, one of the
+ leading &UNIX; &GUI;s.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-panel">
+ <glossterm>Panel</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>Refers to the panel (also known as
+ <quote>&kicker;</quote>) which often resides at the bottom of the
+ screen.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kicker">&kicker;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-ripping">
+ <glossterm>ripping</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The process of reading audio data from a &cdrom; and
+ storing it on the hard disk.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+
+ <glossdiv id="kde-development">
+ <title>&kde; Development</title>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-qt">
+ <glossterm>&Qt;</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The &GUI; of &kde; is built on top of
+ the &Qt; toolkit, which provides many graphical elements (so-called
+ <quote>Widgets</quote>) which are used to construct the desktop. You
+ can find more information about &Qt; at <ulink
+ url="http://www.trolltech.com">www.trolltech.com</ulink>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-widget">Widget</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-i18n">
+ <glossterm>i18n</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <quote>internationalization</quote>. &kde;
+ supports many different languages, and several i18n techniques make it
+ easy to translate the &GUI; as well as the accompanying
+ documents of &kde; into all these languages. More information about the
+ i18n process is available at <ulink
+ url="http://i18n.kde.org">i18n.kde.org</ulink>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-l10n">
+ <glossterm>l10n</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <quote>localization</quote>, the process
+ of adapting a program to the local environment. This includes &eg; the
+ currency used for monetary values or the time format.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-i18n">i18n</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-widget">
+ <glossterm>Widget</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>Graphical elements like scrollbars, buttons or input
+ fields which are used by &kde; to construct the &GUI;.
+ </para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-cvs">
+ <glossterm><acronym>CVS</acronym></glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para><emphasis>C</emphasis>oncurrent <emphasis>V</emphasis>ersion
+<emphasis>S</emphasis>ystem.
+ The <acronym>CVS</acronym> is a very elegant way of managing file
+versions that allow more than one developer
+ to easily work on the same project. You can find a description of how to
+get the latest (developer) version of the
+ &kde; sources via anonymous <acronym>CVS</acronym> on
+ <ulink
+url="http://www.kde.org/anoncvs.html">http://www.kde.org/anoncvs.html</ulink>.
+ More about <acronym>CVS</acronym> is available at <ulink
+url="http://www.cvshome.org">www.cvshome.org</ulink>.
+
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+
+ <glossdiv id="glossdiv-misc">
+ <title>Miscellaneous</title>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-rfc">
+ <glossterm><acronym>RFC</acronym></glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para><emphasis>R</emphasis>equest <emphasis>F</emphasis>or
+ <emphasis>C</emphasis>omment. A common way to publish new protocol
+ ideas or procedures for evaluation of the Internet community. Though
+ <acronym>RFC</acronym>s are not mandatory, many applications try to
+ adhere to them, once they have been approved by the community. More
+ information about <acronym>RFC</acronym>s can be found at the
+ <ulink url="http://www.rfc-editor.org">RFC Homepage</ulink>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+
+ <glossdiv id="glossdiv-protocols">
+ <title>Various protocols</title>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-smb">
+ <glossterm><acronym>SMB</acronym></glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para><emphasis>S</emphasis>erver <emphasis>M</emphasis>essage
+ <emphasis>B</emphasis>lock. A network protocol used in &Microsoft; &Windows;
+ networks to access the filesystems of other computers.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ioslave"><acronym>IO</acronym>
+Slave</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-irc">
+ <glossterm><acronym>IRC</acronym></glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para><emphasis>I</emphasis>nternet <emphasis>R</emphasis>elay
+ <emphasis>C</emphasis>hat. A protocol defined in <acronym>RFC</acronym>
+ 1459, which handles the specification to enable real time text chat.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rfc"><acronym>RFC</acronym></glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-host">
+ <glossterm>host</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>This can either be a name from your
+ <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file
+ (<systemitem class="systemname">mycomputer</systemitem>),
+ an Internet name (<systemitem
+class="systemname">www.kde.org</systemitem>) or an IP-Address
+ (<systemitem>192.168.0.10</systemitem>).
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+</glossary>