aptitude (advanced packaging tool)
archive file format
chroot
compression (data)
cron, cron
daemon
- Unix term that describes a program that runs automatically without requiring any user interaction. Generally, these programs are designed to help the user by performing tasks commonly done, such as checking for e-mail.
dependencies
- Files commonly required by many different software packages to run properly; may be installed as a group once so that individual packages do not need to install them. Also refers to special files not commonly shared but upon which a specific piece of software depends in order to work. Dependencies are files installed at the same time as the dependent software but separately.
disk image
exif
fat client
grub
GNU General Public License
home directory
InSPECT
InterPARES
loopback interface
OAIS
open source
package management system
- Linux package formats
- A suite of tools that manages the installation of software from a software repository and related tasks (configuration, de-installation, etc.). For Ubuntu, these include both GUI and CLI options: Synaptic, Add/Remove (GUIs); aptitude (text-based), apt-get (CLI).
PRONOM
RAR file format
reference implementation
registry
repositories
- Storage locations (servers) for software packages that may be installed on a user’s computer, usually using a package management system provided by the repository maintenance organization. Also known as channels in Ubuntu.
root
- root directory
- /root
scripting languages
software appliance
ssh
- A Unix-based network protocol used to log in to a remote host and for secure file transfer (with SFTP), replacing earlier applications (e.g. telnet) that did not use encryption. The program is commonly available with most operating systems in both client and daemon. It was introduced in 1995 and is available in an open source version, OpenSSH, made available in 1999.
superuser
thin client
UDF file system
UKOLN
virtual machine
virtualization
- full virtualization
