Chapter 3 - NetAcad - Key Terms

Question 1

Apache HTTPD

Answer 1

Apache HTTPD is a server application program, or daemon, that manages web page requests on an Apache web server.

Question 2

C

Answer 2

A compiled computer programming language. C is the language in which Linux is written.

Question 3

Firefox

Answer 3

An open source, cross-platform web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

Question 4

GIMP

Answer 4

An open source application which handles 2D image manipulation.

Question 5

Java

Answer 5

A compiled, object-oriented programming language owned by Oracle.

Question 6

JavaScript

Answer 6

A cross-platform scripting language for adding interactive elements to web pages, that is in wide use across the internet.

Question 7

LibreOffice

Answer 7

An open source office suite forked from Open Office. It includes tools that strive for compatibility with Microsoft Office in both features and file formats.

Question 8

MariaDB

Answer 8

An open source database application forked from MySQL. It records data written to it by dynamic web applications.

Question 9

MySQL

Answer 9

A relational database management system used for web development.

Question 10

NFS

Answer 10

The native file sharing protocol for Unix and Linux. Short for Network File System.

Question 11

NGINX

Answer 11

An open source web server based out of Russia focused on the use of more modern UNIX kernels.

Question 12

Nextcloud

Answer 12

An open source private cloud server software forked from own Cloud. It is provided under a GNU AGPLv3 that can be deployed and administered internally by an organization.

Question 13

OpenOffice.org

Answer 13

An open source office suite which has been discontinued.

Question 14

PHP

Answer 14

A scripting language designed to create dynamic web pages.

Question 15

Perl

Answer 15

An interpreted programming language popular with system administrators. It was originally developed to perform text manipulation.

Question 16

Python

Answer 16

A scripting language which simplifies complex tasks, has excellent statistical processing, and it popular in academia.

Question 17

Samba

Answer 17

A file sharing application ideal for use with Windows systems.

Question 18

Thunderbird

Answer 18

A full-featured, open source desktop email client developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

Question 19

apt-get

Answer 19

A front-end program for Debian package management.

Question 20

console

Answer 20

Traditionally used to refer to a physical terminal.

Question 21

dpkg

Answer 21

The package management system used on Debian derived Linux distributions.

Question 22

ownCloud

Answer 22

An open source file hosting service. The project was launched in 2010 by Frank Karlitschek to provide software to store, sync and share data from private cloud servers.

Question 23

rpm

Answer 23

The package management system used on Red Hat derived Linux distributions. According to the Linux Standards Base, the standard package management system is RPM.

Question 24

shell

Answer 24

The user interface of a Linux system. It interacts with the user by accepting commands, passes them to the kernel for execution, and displays any output to the terminal.

Question 25

terminal

Answer 25

The environment or device in which the user interacts with the software. It can also refer to a graphical program which emulates a console.

Question 26

yum

Answer 26

A front-end tool for RPM package management.