docs/70583: [PATCH] Update freebsd-glossary

Murray Stokely murray at freebsd.org
Wed Nov 17 22:27:32 UTC 2004


Hi Joel, thanks for the submissions.  I've noticed that many of your
submissions don't use a serial comma so they stick out when compared
with the rest of our documentation set.

Please see :
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style.html#WRITING-STYLE-GUIDE

>         <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.

extended file attributes, and other enhancements. ?


>  +	  </para>
>         </glossdef>
>     </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

organization's ?

Murray



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