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diff --git a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml b/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 76102417c4..0000000000 --- a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,470 +0,0 @@ -<glossary id="apx-gloss"> - - <title>Glossary</title> - - <glossentry id="attachment"> - <glossterm>Attachment</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Any file sent along with an email. Attachments may be embedded in - a message or appended to it. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - -<glossentry id="automatic-indexing"> - <glossterm>Automatic Indexing</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Pre-sorting procedure that allows - <application>Evolution</application> to refer to data quickly. - It enables faster searches and decreases memory usage for - data displays. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="bcc"> - <glossterm>Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy)</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A way of addressing a message. Bcc is used to send a group of - people an e-mail, while hiding their names and addresses from each - other. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="cc"> - <glossterm>Cc (Carbon Copy)</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Carbon-copies are used to send a 3rd party a copy of the e-mail, - so they an keep up to date on a conversation, without being in the - To: list. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="conduit"> - <glossterm>Conduit</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A synchronization conduit is a small application which controls - the transfer of data between a handheld device and a desktop - computer. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - - <glossentry id="druid"> - <glossterm>Druid</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A tool which guides a user through a series of steps, usually to - configure or set up a program. Equivalent to "Assistant" and - "Wizard." - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - -<glossentry id="emoticon"> - <glossterm>Emoticon</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Also called "smileys," emoticons are the little sideways faces made - of colons and parentheses which people use to convey emotion in email. - Examples: :-) or ;( . - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="evolution"> - <glossterm>Evolution</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - <application>Evolution</application> is the <acronym> GNOME - </acronym> groupware application. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="execute"> - <glossterm>Execute</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - To run a program. Any file that can be run is called an - executable. <application>Evolution</application> can download - executable attachments, but before they can be run, the files must - be marked as executable with a shell or file manager. This - security precaution prevents the automatic or accidental execution - of malicious programs. For more information on executables and file - permissions, see the documentation for your file manager or shell. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="expunge"> - <glossterm>Expunge</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - When messages are marked for deletion, they remain till they are expunged. - When a message is expunged, it is permanently deleted, as long as it was - marked for deletion. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="filetree"> - <glossterm>File Tree</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A way of describing a group of files on a computer. With the - perversity typical of computer (and especially Unix and Linux) - nomenclature, the top of the tree is called the root directory, - and denoted by <systemitem><filename>/</filename></systemitem>. - The rest of the "branches" spread downwards from the root. Don't - confuse the root directory with the <systemitem>root</systemitem> - account, or root's home directory, - <systemitem><filename>/home/root</filename></systemitem>. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="filter"> - <glossterm>Filter</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Within <application>Evolution</application>, a filter is a method - of sorting mail automatically. You can create filters to perform - one or more actions on a message that meets any (or all) of a wide - range of criteria. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="forward"> - <glossterm>Forward</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - If you get a message intended for someone else, you can use - message forwarding to send it on to the right person. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="groupware"> - <glossterm>Groupware</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Groupware is a term describing an application which helps groups - of people work together. Typically, a groupware application will - have several productivity features built into one program, - including email, calendar, and addressbook tools. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="haiku"> - <glossterm>Haiku</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A traditional Japanese form of poetry. The poems are three lines - long, with first and last lines having five syllables, and the - second line seven syllables. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="html"> - <glossterm>HTML</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Hyper-text Markup Language(<acronym>HTML</acronym>) is a language - for describing page layout in electronic documents like web pages, - help files, and email messages. HTML can be used in email and - news posts to insert images and apply text treatments. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="hot-key"> - <glossterm>Hot Key</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Hot-keys are keyboard combinations used to do actions on a - computer instead of using the mouse to do the same action. - Hot-keys can speed up computer usage. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="ical"> - <glossterm>iCal</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - <application>iCal</application> is the program which - <application>Evolution</application> uses to manage the calendar - section. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="imap"> - <glossterm>IMAP</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Depending upon whom you ask, IMAP stands for the Internet Mail - Access Protocol, or the Interim Mail Access Protocol. Whatever it - stands for, it allows access to email which is typically (although - not always) stored remotely on a server rather than on a local - hard disk. Often contrasted with <glossterm>POP</glossterm>. - This will not be on the test. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - - <glossentry id="inline"> - <glossterm>Inline</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Displayed as part of a message or other document, rather than - attached as a separate file. Contrast with <glossterm - linkend="attachment">Attachment</glossterm>. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="ldap"> - <glossterm>LDAP</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - LDAP, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, allows a client - to search through a large database of addresses, phone numbers, - and people stored on a server. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="mail-client"> - <glossterm>Mail Client</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A mail client is the application with which a person reads and - sends e-mail. Its counterparts are the various types of mail - servers, which handle user authentication and direct messages from - sender to recipient. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - - <glossentry id="minicard"> - <glossterm>Minicard</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A format for the display of contact data. Similar in appearance - to a small business card. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="nautilus"> - <glossterm>Nautilus</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - <application>Nautilus</application> is the next generation file - manager for <acronym>GNOME</acronym> being written by Eazel. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="nickname"> - <glossterm>Nickname</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - An alias for an e-mail address. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="pop"> - <glossterm>POP</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - POP, the Post Office Protocol, is a mechanism for email - transport. In contrast to IMAP, it is used only to get mail from - a server and store it locally on your hard disk. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="protocol"> - <glossterm>Protocol</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - An agreed-upon method of communication, especially one for - sending particular types of information between computer systems. - Examples include POP (Post Office Protocol), for email, and HTTP - (HypterText Transfer Protocol), for web pages. - - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - - <glossentry id="regular-expression"> - <glossterm>Regular Expression</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A regular expression, or "regex", is a way of describing a - string of text using metacharacters or wild-card symbols. For - example, the statement <userinput>fly.*so[a|u]p</userinput> means - "any phrase beginning with 'fly' and ending in 'soup' or - 'soap'". If you searched for that expression, you'd find both - "fly in my soup" and "fly in my soap." There's not room here to - go into depth, but if you want, have a look at the documentation - for the <command>grep</command> command. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="script"> - <glossterm>Script</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A program written in an interpreted (rather than compiled) - language. Often used as a synonym for "macro," to denote a series - of pre-recorded commands or actions within an application. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="sendmail"> - <glossterm>Sendmail</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - As its name implies, <application>sendmail</application> is a - program which sends mail. <application>Evolution</application> - can use it instead of <glossterm>SMTP</glossterm>; some people - prefer it because it offers more flexibility, but is more - difficult to set up. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - - <glossentry id="shortcut-bar"> - <glossterm>Shortcut Bar</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A portion of <application>Evolution</application> which offers - users fast access to the most frequently used portions of the - application. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="signature"> - <glossterm>Signature</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - In email terms, a signature is a piece of text placed at the end - of every email sent, like a hand-written signature at the bottom - of a written letter. A signature can be anything from a favorite - quotation to a link to a web page; courtesy dictates that it be - fewer than four lines long. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="SMTP"> - <glossterm>SMTP</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - This is the most common way of transporting mail messages from - the client's computer (you) to the server. SMTP stands for - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="spam"> - <glossterm>Spam</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - Useless, unsolicited e-mail. Spam normally comes in forms of - chain letters and advertisements for unscrupulous or clueless - companies. Messages that are merely useless are called "opt-in - newsletters." - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - - <glossentry id="tooltip"> - <glossterm>Tool-Tip</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A small box of explanatory text which appears when the mouse - pointer is held motionless over a button or other interface - element. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - - - - <glossentry id="virus"> - <glossterm>Virus</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A malicious program which inserts itself into others so that it will be - executed, allowing it to spread to still more programs and other computers. - A virus can cause substantial damage by clogging networks or disk drives, - deleting files, or opening security holes. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="vcard"> - <glossterm>vCard</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - A file format for the exchange of contact information. When you - get an address card attached to an email, it's probably in vCard - format. Not to be confused with <glossterm - linkend="vfolder">vFolder</glossterm>. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - - <glossentry id="vfolder"> - <glossterm>vFolder</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para> - An email organization tool. vFolders allows you to create a folder - that contains the results of a complex search. Folder contents are - are updated dynamically. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - -</glossary> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |