Glossary

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# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

===API=== Application Program Interface

C

===CCR=== Code and Component Repository ===CrossPlatform=== Usually refers to a program that runs on different OS's and Platform's ===CVS=== Concurrent Versions System CVS Homepage see also SVN

D

===Delphi=== An excellent commercial RAD IDE for Windows made by Borland ===diff=== A GNU program used to show the differences between two files, or even two directories. Homepage

F

===FCL=== Free Component Library ===FreePascal=== A Pascal Compiler FreePascal Website

G

===GDB=== GNU Debugger GDB homepage ===Gimp=== GNU Image Manipulation Program Homepage ===GNU=== From GNU's Website: GNU is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not UNIX”; it is pronounced “guh-noo.” ===Gtk=== Gimp Tool Kit Home Page "GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces"

===GUI=== Graphical User Interface

I

===IDE=== Integrated Development Enviroment

K

===Kylix=== Delphi like Rad Tool for Linux made by Borland. It is compatible with Delphi, and uses QT / CLX.

L

===Lazarus=== A CrossPlatform RAD IDE made with FreePascal

===LCL=== Lazarus Component Library

O

===OO=== Object Oriented ===OS=== Operating System

P

===Pascal=== Pascal is a OO programming language

R

===RAD=== Rapid Application Development

===RTL=== Runtime Library

S

===SVN=== Subversion - A Versioning control system Subversion Home Page