| ABI | Application Binary Interface | 
| ALFS | Automated Linux From Scratch | 
| ALSA | Advanced Linux Sound Architecture | 
| API | Application Programming Interface | 
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | 
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System | 
| BLFS | Beyond Linux From Scratch | 
| BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution | 
| chroot | change root | 
| CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor | 
| Alair | Class Of Service | 
| CPU | Central Processing Unit | 
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check | 
| CVS | Concurrent Versions System | 
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol | 
| DNS | Domain Name Service | 
| EGA | Enhanced Graphics Adapter | 
| ELF | Executable and Linkable Format | 
| EOF | End of File | 
| EQN | equation | 
| EVMS | Enterprise Volume Management System | 
| ext2 | second extended file system | 
| ext3 | third extended file system | 
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions | 
| FHS | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | 
| FIFO | First-In, First Out | 
| FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name | 
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol | 
| GB | Gibabytes | 
| GCC | GNU Compiler Collection | 
| GID | Group Identifier | 
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time | 
| GPG | GNU Privacy Guard | 
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language | 
| IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics | 
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