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API Application Program Interface — specification of interface to software
package (library).
CFS Cluster File System — the file system for Tru64 UNIX clusters.
CGI Common Gateway Interface — a standard method for generating
HTML pages dynamically from an application so that a Web server
and a Web browser can exchange information. A CGI script can be
written in any language and can access various types of data, for
example, a SQL database.
CPU Central Processing Unit — the part of the computer that executes the
machine instructions that make up the various user and system
programs.
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check — a method of error detection.
CVS Concurrent Versions System — a revision control utility for managing
software releases and controlling the concurrent editing of files by
multiple software developers.
DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module.
DMA Direct Memory Access — high performance I/O technique where
peripherals read/write memory directly and not through a CPU.
GNU GNU’s Not UNIX — A UNIX-like development effort of the Free
Software Foundation, headed by Richard Stallman.
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