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<glossary id="glossary">
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&glossary-kdeprinting;
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<glossdiv id="glossdiv-technologies">
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<title>Technologies</title>
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<glossentry id="gloss-ioslave">
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<glossterm><acronym>IO</acronym> Slave</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para><acronym>IO</acronym> Slaves enable &kde; applications to
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access remote resources as easily as local resources (making them
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<quote>network transparent</quote>). Remote resources (⪚ files) might
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be stored on <acronym>SMB</acronym> shares or similar.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-smb"><acronym>SMB</acronym></glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-kio">
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<glossterm><acronym>KIO</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>The &kde; Input/Output system which makes use of so-called
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<quote><acronym>IO</acronym> Slaves</quote>.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ioslave"><acronym>IO</acronym>
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Slave</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-kparts">
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<glossterm>KParts</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>KParts is an embedding technology which allows &kde;
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applications to embed other &kde; applications. For example, the text
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view used by &konqueror; is a KPart.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-konqueror">&konqueror;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-ksycoca">
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<glossterm><acronym>KSycoca</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef><para><acronym>KSycoca</acronym> (&kde; <emphasis>Sy</emphasis>stem
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<emphasis>Co</emphasis>nfiguration <emphasis>Ca</emphasis>che) is a
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configuration cache which, for example, guarantees fast access to the menu
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entries.</para>
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<glossseealso
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otherterm="gloss-kbuildsycoca"><application>KBuildSycoca</application></glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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<glossdiv id="glossdiv-xfree86">
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<title>XFree86</title>
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<glossentry id="gloss-antialiasing">
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<glossterm>Antialiasing</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>If mentioned in context with &kde;, antialiasing often means
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the smoothing of the fonts visible on the screen. &Qt; version 2.3.0
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or higher used together with XFree86 4.x makes this possible under &kde;
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as well.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-qt">&Qt;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-xserver">
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<glossterm>&X-Server;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>The &X-Server; represents a basic layer upon which the
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various &GUI;s like &kde; are built. It manages the
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basic mouse and keyboard input (from the local host as well as from
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remote hosts) and provides elementary graphic routines to draw
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rectangles and other primitives.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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<glossdiv id="glossdiv-applications">
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<title>Applications</title>
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<glossentry id="gloss-kbuildsycoca">
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<glossterm><application>KBuildSycoca</application></glossterm>
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<glossdef><para><application>KBuildSycoca</application> is a command line
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program and regenerates the
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so-called <acronym>KSycoca</acronym>. This is useful, for example, if some
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or all modules in
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&kcontrol; are missing.</para>
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<glossseealso
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otherterm="gloss-ksycoca"><acronym>KSycoca</acronym></glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kcontrol">&kcontrol;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-kcontrol">
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<glossterm>&kcontrol;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>This is the project and filename of the &kde; control
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center. &kcontrol; allows you to customize virtually
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every configuration option of &kde;.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-kicker">
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<glossterm>&kicker;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>&kicker; is the nickname as well as project name of the
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&kde; panel.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-panel">Panel</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-konqueror">
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<glossterm>&konqueror;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>&konqueror; is a filemanager, web browser, picture viewer
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and more, and a core part of the &kde; project. You can
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find more information about &konqueror; at <ulink
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url="http://www.konqueror.org">www.konqueror.org</ulink>.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-ksirc">
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<glossterm>&ksirc;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>&ksirc; is the default <acronym>IRC</acronym> client,
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which is shipped with &kde;. You can use &ksirc; to chat with anyone on
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an <acronym>IRC</acronym> network.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-irc"><acronym>IRC</acronym></glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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<glossdiv id="glossdiv-desktop-terminology">
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<title>Desktop Terminology</title>
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<glossentry id="gloss-draganddrop">
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<glossterm>Drag and Drop</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>This concept tries to replace many actions like copying
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files from one place to another by a certain mouse movement, ⪚
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clicking on an icon in a &konqueror; window, moving the mouse to another
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window while keeping the mouse button pressed, and releasing the mouse
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button (<quote>dropping</quote> the object) copies files.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-konqueror">&konqueror;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-gui">
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<glossterm>&GUI;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <emphasis>G</emphasis>raphical
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<emphasis>U</emphasis>ser <emphasis>I</emphasis>nterface. Every desktop
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environment (like &kde;) is a &GUI;. Most
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&GUI;s feature mouse support and/or windows to manage
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the programs.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-kde">
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<glossterm>&kde;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <quote>K Desktop Environment</quote>, a
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leading &GUI; for &UNIX;-based systems. You can find more
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detailled information at <ulink
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url="http://www.kde.org">www.kde.org</ulink>.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-gnome">
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<glossterm><acronym>GNOME</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para><emphasis>G</emphasis>NU <emphasis>N</emphasis>etwork <emphasis>O</emphasis>bject
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<emphasis>M</emphasis>odel <emphasis>E</emphasis>nvironment, one of the
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leading &UNIX; &GUI;s.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-panel">
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<glossterm>Panel</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>Refers to the panel (also known as
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<quote>&kicker;</quote>) which often resides at the bottom of the
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screen.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kicker">&kicker;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-ripping">
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<glossterm>ripping</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>The process of reading audio data from a &cdrom; and
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storing it on the hard disk.</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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<glossdiv id="kde-development">
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<title>&kde; Development</title>
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<glossentry id="gloss-qt">
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<glossterm>&Qt;</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>The &GUI; of &kde; is built on top of
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the &Qt; toolkit, which provides many graphical elements (so-called
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<quote>Widgets</quote>) which are used to construct the desktop. You
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can find more information about &Qt; at <ulink
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url="http://www.trolltech.com">www.trolltech.com</ulink>.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-widget">Widget</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-i18n">
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<glossterm>i18n</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <quote>internationalization</quote>. &kde;
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supports many different languages, and several i18n techniques make it
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easy to translate the &GUI; as well as the accompanying
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documents of &kde; into all these languages. More information about the
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i18n process is available at <ulink
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url="http://i18n.kde.org">i18n.kde.org</ulink>.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-l10n">
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<glossterm>l10n</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>Abbreviation for <quote>localization</quote>, the process
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of adapting a program to the local environment. This includes ⪚ the
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currency used for monetary values or the time format.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-i18n">i18n</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-widget">
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<glossterm>Widget</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>Graphical elements like scrollbars, buttons or input
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fields which are used by &kde; to construct the &GUI;.
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</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kde">&kde;</glossseealso>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gui">&GUI;</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-cvs">
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<glossterm><acronym>CVS</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para><emphasis>C</emphasis>oncurrent <emphasis>V</emphasis>ersion
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<emphasis>S</emphasis>ystem.
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The <acronym>CVS</acronym> is a very elegant way of managing file
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versions that allow more than one developer
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to easily work on the same project. You can find a description of how to
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get the latest (developer) version of the
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&kde; sources via anonymous <acronym>CVS</acronym> on
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<ulink
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url="http://www.kde.org/anoncvs.html">http://www.kde.org/anoncvs.html</ulink>.
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More about <acronym>CVS</acronym> is available at <ulink
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url="http://www.cvshome.org">www.cvshome.org</ulink>.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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<glossdiv id="glossdiv-misc">
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<title>Miscellaneous</title>
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<glossentry id="gloss-rfc">
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<glossterm><acronym>RFC</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef><para><emphasis>R</emphasis>equest <emphasis>F</emphasis>or
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<emphasis>C</emphasis>omment. A common way to publish new protocol
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ideas or procedures for evaluation of the Internet community. Though
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<acronym>RFC</acronym>s are not mandatory, many applications try to
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adhere to them, once they have been approved by the community. More
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information about <acronym>RFC</acronym>s can be found at the
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<ulink url="http://www.rfc-editor.org">RFC Homepage</ulink>.</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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<glossdiv id="glossdiv-protocols">
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<title>Various protocols</title>
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<glossentry id="gloss-smb">
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<glossterm><acronym>SMB</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef><para><emphasis>S</emphasis>erver <emphasis>M</emphasis>essage
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<emphasis>B</emphasis>lock. A network protocol used in &Microsoft; &Windows;
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networks to access the filesystems of other computers.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ioslave"><acronym>IO</acronym>
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Slave</glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-irc">
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<glossterm><acronym>IRC</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef><para><emphasis>I</emphasis>nternet <emphasis>R</emphasis>elay
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<emphasis>C</emphasis>hat. A protocol defined in <acronym>RFC</acronym>
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1459, which handles the specification to enable real time text chat.</para>
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<glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rfc"><acronym>RFC</acronym></glossseealso>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-host">
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<glossterm>host</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para>This can either be a name from your
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<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file
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(<systemitem class="systemname">mycomputer</systemitem>),
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an Internet name (<systemitem
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class="systemname">www.kde.org</systemitem>) or an IP-Address
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(<systemitem>192.168.0.10</systemitem>).
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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</glossary>
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