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Felix <felix@omen.com.au> wrote:

>    One 'problem' I have encountered is strong, complete definitions
>of terms. If I post a list of terms I have heard in the ng's and ask
>for explanations, I get many replies { the linux community is
>amazingly tolerant of newbies, and help most unselfishly!} but the
>common thread running through them is that each explanation is
>slightly different to the next. While I realise that some of the
>answers I get are subject specific, some definitions seem to vary from
>application to application, even from distribution to distribution.
>Again, I realise that each distribution may focus on different
>capabilities of applications.

Unix in general, and Linux in particular have historically been developed
somewhat *ad hoc*. Consequently, some of the conventions - including
definitions of terms - have varied from context to context. While there is
something of a common parlance, it's hardly canonical.

>     What I want to know is this: Is there a book, magazine, netsite
>or whatever that lists in dictionary form properties and definitions
>of Linux?

Personally, I'd just read everything I could find. The more you encounter
the terms, and the greater your experience of the contexts in which
they're used, the better your understanding will get.

Someone else may know of a list of terms. I don't. I just say read as much
material as you can get your hands on.


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