gateway A program or piece of hardware that passes data between networks
GCC The GNU C compiler by Richard Stallman et al. A very high quality, very portable
compiler for C, C++ and Objective C. The compiler is designed to support
multiple front-ends and multiple back-ends by translating first into Register
Transfer Language and from there into assembly code for the target architecture
GFS Global File System; an open source shared disk file system for networked storage
GID Group identification number for the process. Valid group numbers are given in
/etc/group, and in the GID field of /etc/passwd file. When a process is started,
its GID is set to the GID of its parent process
GIF Graphics Interchange Format - A standard for digitised images compressed with
the LZW algorithm, defined in 1987 by CompuServe (CIS)
Glibc 2 The latest version of the GNU C Library. It currently runsunmodified on GNU Hurd
systems and Linux i386, m68k, and alpha systems.
Glide a proprietary API plus drivers to access 3D graphics accelerator hardware based
on chipsets manufactured by 3Dfx. Glide has been developed and implemented for
DOS, Windows, and Macintosh, and has been ported to Linux by Daryll Strauss
glob To expand special characters in a wildcarded name, or the act of so doing (the
action is also called `globbing')
global From the beginning of a file to the end. This term is often used to describe an
operation such as a search; the opposite of local
GNOME stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment. The GNOME project intends to
build a complete, user-friendly desktop based entirely on free software. GNOME
is part of the GNU project, and GNOME is part of the OpenSource(tm) movement.
The desktop will consist of small utilities and larger applications which share
a consistent look and feel. GNOME uses GTK+ as the GUI toolkit for all
GNOME-compliant applications
GNU GNU is Not Unix. A project to replace Unix with GPL'd software
GNU General Public License intended to guarantee the freedom to share and change free software - to make
sure the software is free for all its users. The term free refers to freely
distributable
Gnutella a fully-distributed information-sharing technology
gprof Reference documentation to GNU gprof, the GNU Profiler
Grep Linux abbreviation for "get regular expression". A grep tool lets you search
through a set of text files for a pattern called the regular expression, which
is a syntax that lets you specify in great detail what kind of text you're
looking for
group a collection of users who have protected access to their resources
Groupware Programs that help people work together collectively while located remotely from
each other. Groupware services can include the sharing of calendars, collective
writing, e-mail handling, shared database access, electronic meetings with each
person able to see and display information to others, and other activities. For
Linux there is the Teamwave Workplace and Lotus Notes will be ported.
GTK The GIMP Tool Kit is a set of widgets for the X11 windows system originally made
for GIMP; the GNU Image Manipulation Program
GUI Graphical User Interface - the use of pictures rather than just words to
represent the input and output of a program.
gzip Reference documentation to gzip. Gzip reduces the size of the named files using
Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with
the extension `.gz', while keeping the same ownership modes, access and
modification times.
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