docs/70583: [PATCH] Update freebsd-glossary

Joel Dahl joel at automatvapen.se
Fri Aug 20 16:40:26 UTC 2004


The following reply was made to PR docs/70583; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joel Dahl <joel at automatvapen.se>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/70583: [PATCH] Update freebsd-glossary
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:35:53 +0200

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 Attach patch since URL's makes PR's difficult to work with.
 
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 Joel
 
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 --- freebsd-glossary.sgml	Sun Aug 15 18:39:38 2004
 +++ new.freebsd-glossary.sgml	Tue Aug 17 19:51:45 2004
 @@ -1703,7 +1703,9 @@
        <glossterm>Uniform Resource Locator</glossterm>
        <acronym>URL</acronym>
        <glossdef>
 -        <para></para>
 +        <para>A standard way developed to specify the unique
 +	  location of a document available electronically, such
 +	  as on the Internet.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
  
 @@ -1711,7 +1713,9 @@
        <glossterm>Unix File System Version 1</glossterm>
        <acronym>UFS1</acronym>
        <glossdef>
 -        <para></para>
 +        <para>The native BSD filesystem, derived from the Berkeley
 +	  Fast File System which was originally developed from FS in
 +	  the first versions of UNIX at AT&T.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
  
 @@ -1719,7 +1723,11 @@
        <glossterm>Unix File System Version 2</glossterm>
        <acronym>UFS2</acronym>
        <glossdef>
 -        <para></para>
 +        <para>An extension to <acronym>UFS1</acronym>, introduced in
 +	  &os; 5-CURRENT. <acronym>UFS2</acronym> adds 64 bit block
 +	  pointers (breaking the 1T barrier), support for extended file
 +	  storage, and a few other things.
 +	  </para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
  
 @@ -1727,7 +1735,9 @@
        <glossterm>Universal Serial Bus</glossterm>
        <acronym>USB</acronym>
        <glossdef>
 -        <para></para>
 +        <para>A hardware standard for connecting modems, mice,
 +          keyboards, printers, scanners and other low-speed
 +	  external devices to computers.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
  
 @@ -1745,7 +1755,10 @@
        <glossterm>User Datagram Protocol</glossterm>
        <acronym>UDP</acronym>
        <glossdef>
 -        <para></para>
 +        <para>A simple, unreliable datagram protocol which is used
 +          for exchanging data on a TCP/IP network. <acronym>UDP</acronym>
 +	  packets are more complex than <acronym>ICMP</acronym> packets,
 +	  but less complex than <acronym>TCP</acronym> packets.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
 @@ -1762,7 +1775,10 @@
        <glossterm>Virtual Private Network</glossterm>
        <acronym>VPN</acronym>
        <glossdef>
 -        <para></para>
 +        <para>A way to use a public telecommunication
 +	  infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote
 +	  users with a secure connection to their organizations
 +	  network.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
 
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