| W.I.N.E. |
Wine is an Open Source implementation of the
Windows API on top of
X and Unix. |
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W.I.N.E. stands for Wine Is Not a Emulator. |
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Official Site -
http://www.winehq.com/ |
| Cedega |
Commercial version of WINE for gaming. |
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"A unique variety of grape used to make some of
the finest Port wines in the world." |
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"An innovative portability technology developed
by TransGaming that allows Windows games to run on Linux." |
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Previously known as WINE X |
| Direct X |
"Microsoft DirectX is an advanced suite of
multimedia application programming interfaces (APIs) built into Microsoft
Windows; operating systems. DirectX provides a standard development platform
for Windows-based PCs by enabling software developers to access specialized
hardware features without having to write hardware-specific code." |
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There are many components to Direct X, including
Direct3D, DirectSound, DirectInput, etc. |
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TransGaming works to create Linux compatible
versions of the these API's that work on top of the Linux equivalents.
OpenGL, for example, would be the cross platform popular equivalent to
Direct3D. |
| FrontSideBus |
The bus that connects the CPU to main memory. |
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In general, it is a good idea to have a FSB that
matches the speed of the RAM installed. |
| Blizzard Entertainment |
http://www.blizzard.com |
| Valve Software |
http://www.valvesoftware.com |
| Bioware |
http://www.bioware.com |
| InternetChessClub |
http://www.chessclub.com |
| Active X |
Microsoft's answer to Java, without the cross
platform capabilities. |
| sudo |
SuperUser DO, allows issuing of commands as root
without logging in as root. |
| POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface
standardization |
| threads |
Exist inside of processes, acting independently,
sharing resources in an effort to create multitasking. |
| MMORPG |
Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game |
| bit torrent |
Software designed to distribute load amongst
several networks. Downloading occurs from multiple sources, instead of from
a single server. Each client, in effect becomes a server as well. |
| first person shooter |
A game genre where the view is delivered as if
you are looking through the eyes of the character you are playing.
Typically, these games involve shooting enemies with a large arsenal of
weapons. |
| cron job |
A mechanism to schedule events to occur
regularly automatically. |
| SECUROM |
An anti-piracy scheme to keep CD's from being
copied. |
| DOOM III |
The latest first person shooter from the
creators of the genre. |
