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<glossary id="glossary">
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<glossentry id="gloss-alsa">
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<glossterm><acronym>ALSA</acronym></glossterm>
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Advanced &Linux; Sound Architecture; a &Linux; sound card driver; not
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currently included with the standard kernel source code.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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<glossentry id="gloss-arts">
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<glossterm>&arts;</glossterm>
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<para>
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Analog Real-Time Synthesizer; the name of the multimedia
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architecture/library/toolkit used by the &kde; project (note
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capitalization)
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-bsd">
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<glossterm><acronym>BSD</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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Berkeley Software Distribution; here refers to any of several free
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&UNIX;-compatible operating systems derived from <acronym>BSD</acronym>
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&UNIX;.
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</para>
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<glossentry id="gloss-corba">
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<glossterm><acronym>CORBA</acronym></glossterm>
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<para>
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Common Object Request Broker Architecture; a standard for implementing
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object-oriented remote execution.
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</para>
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<glossentry id="gloss-cvs">
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<glossterm><acronym>CVS</acronym></glossterm>
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<para>
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Concurrent Versions System; a software configuration management system
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used by many software projects including &kde; and &arts;.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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<glossentry id="glos-fft">
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<glossterm><acronym>FFT</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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Fast Fourier Transform; an algorithm for converting data from the time
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to frequency domain; often used in signal processing.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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<glossentry id="gloss-full-duplex">
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<glossterm>Full Duplex</glossterm>
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<para>
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The ability of a sound card to simultaneously record and play audio.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-gpl">
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<glossterm><acronym>GPL</acronym></glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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<acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License; a software license
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created by the Free Software Foundation defining the terms for releasing
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free software.
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</para>
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<glossentry id="gloss-gui">
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<glossterm>&GUI;</glossterm>
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<para>
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Graphical User Interface
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</para>
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<glossentry id="gloss-idl">
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<glossterm><acronym>IDL</acronym></glossterm>
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<para>
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Interface Definition Language; a programming language independent format
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for specifying interfaces (methods and data).
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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<glossentry id="gloss-lgpl">
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<glossterm><acronym>LGPL</acronym></glossterm>
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<para>
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<acronym>GNU</acronym> Lesser General Public License; a software license
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created by the Free Software Foundation defining the terms for releasing
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free software; less restrictive than the <acronym>GPL</acronym> and
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often used for software libraries.
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</para>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="gloss-mcop">
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<glossterm>&MCOP;</glossterm>
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<para>
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Multimedia COmmunication Protocol; the protocol used for communication
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between &arts; software modules; similar to <acronym>CORBA</acronym> but
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simpler and optimized for multimedia.
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</para>
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<glossentry id="gloss-midi">
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<glossterm>&MIDI;</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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Musical Instrument Digital Interface; a standard protocol for
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communication between electronic musical instruments; often also used to
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refer to a file format for storing &MIDI; commands.
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</para>
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<glossentry id="gloss-oss">
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<glossterm><acronym>OSS</acronym></glossterm>
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<para>
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Open Sound System; the sound drivers included with the &Linux; kernel
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(sometimes called <acronym>OSS</acronym>/Free) or a commercial version
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sold by 4Front Technologies.
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</para>
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<glossentry id="gloss-tde">
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<glossterm>&tde;</glossterm>
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Trinity Desktop Environment; a project to develop a free graphical desktop
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environment for &UNIX; compatible systems.
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</para>
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