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	<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>