Glossary Important terms for Linux

Tip:- To find detail of any term just press ctrl+f on your keyboard. A search box would open simply type the term in it. And it will show the term for you.

NFS:-
Network File System (NFS) is a network file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984,  allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network as easily as if the network devices were attached to its local disks.

Mounting:-
Mounting, in computer science, is the process of making a file system ready for use by the operating system

IRC:-
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a Internet text messaging popularly known as chat and synchronous conferencing.Its main purpose is group communication but can also be used on one to one communication via private message.

LDAP:-
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP is an application protocol used for querying or modifying directory services over tcp/ip.

NIS:-
The Network Information Service (NIS) provides a simple network look up service consisting of databases and processes.

Routing:-
Rounting is the process of selecting the path along which the data or network traffic would be send.

SNMP:-
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention.

SSH:-
Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices.

X-Windows system:-
The X Window System (commonly X or X11) is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for networked computers.

PHP:-
PHP is a scripting language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages.

Server Farms:-
A server farm or server cluster is a collection of computer servers usually maintained by an enterprise to accomplish server needs far beyond the capability of one machine.

Fips:-
The Linux partition splitter is fips. This tool can only run from the MS-DOS command-line interface.

vi:-
vi is one of the most commonly used text editor.


IDE drive:-
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a standard electronic interface used between a computer motherboard's data paths or bus and the computer's disk storage devices.Most computers sold today use an enhanced version of IDE called Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE).


SCSI drive:-
Small Computer System Interface, or SCSI, is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. SCSI is an intelligent interface: it hides the complexity of physical format. Every device attaches to the SCSI bus in a similar manner.

GRUB Loader:-
GNU GRUB developed from a previous package called the Grand Unified Bootloader. GRUB is the reference implementation of the Multiboot Specification, which allows a user to have several different operating systems on their computer at once, and to choose which one to run when the computer starts.

LILO Loader:-
LILO (Linux Loader) is a generic boot loader for Linux. But now GRUB is used more over Lilo Loader.

  ext3:-
The third extended filesystem, which is current default for Red Hat Linux. Includes a journal, which records all pending changes, such as data to be written to disk.

journaling:-
A journal records all pending changes, such as data to be written to disk. If a drive crashes, Linux can check the journal for pending changes. No disk check is required which can save a considerable amount of time.

FILESYSTEM HIERARCHY STANDARD (FHS):-
 Everything in Linux is configured as a File. Directories, hardware device drivers and partition all are represented by files. The organizational system for Linux Files is known as FILESYSTEM HIERARCHY STANDARD (FHS).