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# D. Glossary and References

affix
  in grammar, a word element that, when added to a word, modifies its meaning or function; prefix, infix, or suffix.
Debian
  A 100% Open Source Linux distribution `http://www.debian.org`
DICT protocol
  A TCP transaction based query/response protocol that allows a client to access dictionary definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases. `http://www.dict.org/`
Gnome
  A project to build a complete, user-friendly desktop based entirely on free software. `http://www.gnome.org/`
GTK+
  A library for creating graphical user interfaces for the X Window System. It is designed to be small, efficient, and flexible. `http://www.gtk.org/`
GUI
  Graphics User Interface
Ispell.el
  Emacs interface for ispell. `http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html`
Ispell
  An international spell checker which is just about the only decent Open Source spell checker out there. (except Aspell of course). `http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html`
Ispell -a
  An Ispell mode that is designed to be used by other applications though a pipe.
KDE
  A powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. `http://www.kde.org`
Linux
  A Open Source version of Unix which runs on many platforms. `http://www.linux.org/`
LyX
  An What You See is What You Mean document editor for the X environment, `http://www.lyx.org`
Open Source
  Software where the source code is available for anyone to extend or modify. `http://www.opensource.org/`
Red Hat
  A commercial Linux distribution. `http://www.redhat.com`
RPM
  Red Hat's packing format also used by other Linux distributions.
STL
  Standard Temple Library. A C++ library of container classes, algorithms, and iterators.
SGI STL
  Silicon Graphics implantation of the STL. `http://www.sgi.com/Technology/STL/`
STLPort
  A port of SGI STL designed to run on compilers that don't support all the latest features of C++. `http://corp.metabyte.com/~fbp/stl/`

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