Level 1 [cache] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Level 2 [cache] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Layer 2 Forwarding [protocol] (Shiva, Cisco, IP, IPX, LLC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (PPP, VPN, IP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A layer 2 tunneling client/server program. l2tpd is the open source implementation of the l2tp tunneling protocol (rfc2661). It does implement both LAC and LNS role in a l2tp networking architecture. The main goal of this protocol is to tunnel PPP frame trough an ip network. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Limited Availability (IBM, OS/2) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Location Area (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A command-line label-printing program Label Nation is a Perl program that provides a command-line interface for printing onto peel-off label sheets. It comes with built-in support for the most common label standards (Avery Dennison 5160, Maco LL-5805, etc.), plus the ability to define your own label parameters. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lotus Authorized Consultants (Lotus) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A simple syntax checker for LaTeX. LaCheck is a simple syntax checker for LaTex that is based on a single-pass lexical scanner. This makes clear that there are a lot of LaTeX problems this program cannot find, although it will find most simple mistakes. Complex macro packages may, however, make it completely unusable. This program was bundled with AUC TeX up until recently and is best known from there. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture LADSPA is a free standard specification for audio effect plugins. Contains sample plugins, and analyseplugin, listplugin, applyplugin programs, and the ladspa.h, the LADSPA specification. Please build-depend on this package if you need ladspa.h From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Access Data Transport From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lotus Authorized Education Center (Lotus) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Logical Address Group (ION) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The delay in information coming across the network through telnet or other types of connections, usually caused by a slow or error-prone connection somewhere between the two communicating machines. Technically there are two causes of lag, the second being chew. From KADOWKEV http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area Multicomputer (Parallel Computing) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Documentation for the Message Passing Interface standard. This package contains man pages describing the Message Passing Interface standard. These pages are newly provided by the LAM package, and are also found in the mpi-doc package build from the mpich source package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAM runtime environment for executing parallel programs. LAM is an implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) protocol commonly used in parallel processing applications. Some enhancements in LAM 6.3 are: o Added the MPI-2 C++ bindings package (chapter 10 from the MPI-2 standard) from the Laboratory for Scientific Computing at the University of Notre Dame. o Added ROMIO MPI I/O package (chapter 9 from the MPI-2 standard) from the Argonne National Laboratory. o Pseudo-tty support for remote IO (e.g., line buffered output). o Ability to pass environment variables through mpirun. o Ability to mpirun shell scripts/debuggers/etc. (that eventually run LAM/MPI programs). o Ability to execute non-MPI programs across the multicomputer. o Added configurable ability to zero-fill internal LAM buffers before they are used (for development tools such as Purify). o Greatly expanded error messages; provided for customizable local help files. o Expanded and updated documentation. o Various bug fixes and minor enhancements. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Shared libraries used by LAM parallel programs. LAM is an implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) protocol commonly used in parallel processing applications. This package provides the shared library. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
extended unicode TeX From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
core database for lambdamoo Lambdacore is a lambdamoo database, a set of objects and programs that are run by the lambdamoo server to add functionality to lambdamoo. Lambdacore includes: * Integrated help system * Internal mail and news * Object editors * Additional object classes Lambdacore provides a base that you can build on to create your own lambdamoo system. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a server for an online multiuser virtual world Lambdamoo is a server for a virtual world, a computer program which users can log into and explore. Each user takes control of a computerized persona/avatar/incarnation/character. You can walk around, chat with other people, solve puzzles, and even create your very own rooms, descriptions and items. Advanced users can program Lambdamoo, via its built in object-oriented programming language. Lambdamoo only provides the bare framework for your virtual world. A lambdamoo guru could theoretically start with lambdamoo and the included minimal core database and work their way up to a full-fledged system. The rest of us will want to install the lambdacore or jhcore packages which add objects and functionality to lambdamoo. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Linux, Apache, PHP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area Network (LAN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area Network - a computer network which operates over short distances, usually at high speed. Typically, LANs are isolated in single buildings but in the case of some universities can connect a number of buildings. WANs (or Wide Area Networks) typically connect an enterprise or institution which might be separated by larger distances. From Faculty-of-Education http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
see local area network (LAN). From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A private transmission that interconnects computers within a building or among buildings for the purpose of sharing voice, data, facsimile, and/or video. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Manager is the older file server product from Microsoft and IBM. The details of this aren't all that important except that backwards compatibility has introduced security holes in products 10 years later. LAN Manager authentication splits a password into two case-insensitive parts that are 7 letters each. Therefore, if your password was "RobertGraham.com", under LAN Manager it would be the same as "ROBERTG RAHAM.C". Whereas new products like Win98, WinNT, and SAMBA support newer/stronger authentication methods, the need for backwards compatibility often exposes the LAN Manager password, which can easily be cracked. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Controller for Ethernet (LAN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area Network Emulation [over ATM specification] (ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Language Drills langdrill is a helper for testing your foreign language vocabulary. It uses GTK+ toolkit and VDK (a C++ wrapper arround VDK). langrill looks similar with JavaDrill (JavaDrill helped me cristalize the ideas on how langdrill should look like). Limited support for Japanese characters displaying is included. For this, Japanese fonts must be installed on your system. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
simple configuration tool for native language environment This tool adds basic settings for natural language environment such as LANG variable, font specifications, input methods, and so on into user's several dot-files such as .bashrc and .emacs. This version of language-env supports Belarusian, Bulgarian, Danish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, and Ukrainian. Japanese support comes from precursor package 'user-ja'. Thai support is written by Chanop Silpa-Anan. German support comes from 'user-de' package version 0.8. Spanish support comes from 'user-es' 0.5. Russian support is written by Peter Novodvorsky <petya@logic.ru>. Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Ukrainian supports are written by Anton Zinoviev <zinoviev@debian.org>, the Belarusian translation is by Alexander Mikhailian <mikhailian@altern.org>, and the Serbian translation is by Milos Rancic <millosh@users.sourceforge.net>. Korean support is written by Ho-seok Lee <alee@kuls.korea.ac.kr>. French support is written by Nicolas Sabouret <nico@limsi.fr>. Polish support is written by Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>. Danish support is written by Claus Hindsgaul <claus_h@image.dk>. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Los Alamos National Laboratory (org., USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
creates laptop or notebook hardware report in HTML lanoche should fit on smaller systems, for instance a "One Floppy Linux". Therefore no Perl or other sophisticated programming methods are used. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A German Linux distribution for Windows-PCs with revolutionary concept of installation. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Laonux is a relatively small Linux distribution that contains most of the basics that you would expect in a Linux system, but nothing more. It features gcc-2.95.2, glibc 2.1.2, and kernel 2.2.14. It is not easy to install, but it provides a complete system. It is great for hobbyists who wish build up their own personalized Linux distribution from a basic core. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Link Access Procedure / Protocol (CCITT, X.25) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a library of linear algebra routines - shared version LAPACK version 3.0 is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigenvector analysis, singular value decomposition, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a library of linear algebra routines - static PIC version LAPACK version 3.0 is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigenvector analysis, singular value decomposition, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community. Normally one would want to use non-PIC code for static linking. In this case, install lapack-dev. This package is provided for other packages, such as atlas, needing access to PIC versions of the lapack objects in their own build process. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a library of linear algebra routines - testing programs LAPACK version 3.0 is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigenvector analysis, singular value decomposition, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community. These testing and timing programs have been run against the shared library in the lapack package. The results have been collected in the files test_results and timing_results. These programs are provided separately here so that the user can test and compare alternate versions of the lapack libraries, such as those provided by the atlas packages, and the lapack99 package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
linear algebra library - shared version, rev. 10/99 LAPACK version 3.0 is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigen analysis, SVD, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Link Access Procedure - Balanced (CCITT, LAP, X.25) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Link Access Procedure on the D channel (X.21, ISDN, TA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Link Access Procedure for Modem From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Adapter and Protocol Support From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Automatically adapt laptop ethernet This package supports the built-in ethernet of laptops by providing several integrated features that automatically adapt the laptop to the network environment. The package is easily configured to support a wide variety of network environments, and supports manual as well as automatic management of the network interface. The package can automatically: start and stop the network interface at appropriate times; disable the network interface when the network cable is removed, and enable it when the cable is inserted; select the network interface's IP address, either by probing the network for known hosts or by use of the DHCP protocol; customize the laptop's software configuration to match the network interface's IP address. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
network detection and configuration program for laptops laptop-netconf can automatically determine the network to which your laptop is connected, from a set of preconfigured alternatives. Once the network has been detected, you can run arbitrary scripts to configure the services on your laptop for correct local operation. This package requires some basic networking knowledge at present. A sample configuration is enclosed. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lars Window Manager with tiled windows larswm is a hack for 9wm, adding automatic window tiling, virtual desktops and many other features designed to make it a very efficient user environment. It uses very little CPU time and virtual memory. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Printer technology using laser-based imaging and heating element that bonds toner (powder ink) to the printing medium. From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Japanese distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area Signaling Service From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
show listing of last logged in users From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
show listing of last logged in users From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
examine lastlog file From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area Transport (DEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Access Transport Area From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAT (Local Area Transport) Daemon This is a server for DEC LAT. It allows users to log in to the Linux system from a LAT terminal server and also the creation of "reverse" LAT ports on the system that connect to other LAT services on the network. There is also an llogin utility that allows users to login to remote LAT services. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Latency refers to a time lag between the access and transmission of data. In the case of multimedia distributed over networks, it is crucial that this be rectified, or at least synchronised -- a simple example of this is keeping compressed video in synchronisation with audio. From Faculty-of-Education http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
structured text formatting and typesetting From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LaTeX to HTML translator. LaTeX2HTML is a conversion tool that that converts documents written in LaTeX to HTML format. In addition, it offers an easy migration path towards authoring complex hypermedia documents using familiar word-processing concepts. LaTeX2HTML replicates the basic structure of a LaTeX document as a set of interconnected HTML files which can be explored using automatically generated navigation panels. The cross-references, citations, footnotes, the table of contents and the lists of figures and tables, are also translated into hypertext links. Formatting information which has equivalent ``tags'' in HTML (lists, quotes, paragraph breaks, type styles, etc.) is also converted appropriately. The remaining heavily formatted items such as mathematical equations, pictures or tables are converted to images which are placed automatically at the correct positions in the final HTML document. LaTeX2HTML extends LaTeX by supporting arbitrary hypertext links and symbolic cross-references between evolving remote documents. It also allows the specification of conditional text and the inclusion of raw HTML commands. These hypermedia extensions to LaTeX are available as new commands and environments from within a LaTeX document. Pstoimg, the part of latex2html that produces bitmap images from the LaTeX source, can support both GIF and PNG format. Because of certain legal limitations on the use of the GIF image format, GIF support is disabled in this package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
convert from LaTeX to RTF format Attempts to convert as much formatting information as possible from LaTeX to Microsoft's Rich Text Format (RTF). While RTF has limited support for mathematical markup, it is widely supported as a "least common denominator" word processing format. Home Page: http://latex2rtf.sourceforge.net/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Language for Transforming Text (currently to html) Latte is a simple and powerful language for including markup in text documents. Documents written in Latte can be converted to high-quality HTML, making it a good language for writing World Wide Web documents. A Latte mode for Emacs is included as well as an Emacs autoloader. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Selects which program to launch according to extension. Launcher maps files to MIME types via filename extension or output from the Unix "file" command. If there are more than one handler defined for a given MIME type it presents you with a GUI giving you a choice of which one to use. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a lava lamp of currently running processes From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a lava lamp of currently running processes Lavaps is an interactive process-tracking program like ``top'', but with a much different attitude. Rather than presenting lots of specific info in digital form, it tries to present certain important information in a graphical analog form. The idea is that you can run it in the background and get a rough idea of what's happening to your system without devoting much concentration to the task. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAger- und VersandAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area VAX Cluster (VAX, DEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Authority Workstation From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Area Wireless Network From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Logical Block Addressing (EIDE) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Part of the Enhanced IDE standard, permits hard disks to store up to 8.4GB of data. Without LBA, hard disks could store only 528MB of data. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The little brother's database for the mutt mail reader This package consists of a set of small tools, which collect mail addresses from several sources and offer these addresses to the mutt external query feature. At the moment the following modules are supported: - m_finger (uses the finger(1) command) - m_inmail (scans incoming mail for addresses) - m_passwd (searches /etc/passwd) - m_yppasswd (searches the YP password database) - m_nispasswd (searches the YP password database) - m_getent (searches the configured password database) - m_pgp2, m_pgp5, m_gpg (searches your PGP or GnuPG keyrings) - m_fido (searches the Fidonet nodelist) - m_abook (uses the address book application abook(1)) - m_addr_email (uses addr-email from the addressbook Tk program) - m_muttalias (searches your Mutt mail aliases) - m_pine (searches your Pine addressbook files) - m_wanderlust (search the WanderLust alias database) - m_palm (uses your Palm database; needs libpalm-perl package) - m_gnomecard (uses GnomeCard database files) - m_bbdb (search your BBDB (big brother database)) - m_ldap (query some LDAP server) From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Bus Master From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Logical Block Number (LBA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A ball-and-paddle game with nice graphics lbreakout2 is a game similar to the classics breakout and xboing, featuring a number of added graphical enhancements and effects. You control a paddle at the bottom of the playing-field, and must destroy bricks at the top by bouncing balls against them. lbreakout2 is a complete rewrite of the game "lbreakout". Users of lbreakout probably want to install this. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Location Based Service From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Bus Targets From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Low-Band with X From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Low Bandwidth X (LBX) proxy server Applications that would like to take advantage of the Low Bandwidth extension to X (LBX) must make their connections to an lbxproxy. These applications need know nothing about LBX, they simply connect to the lbxproxy as if were a regular X server. The lbxproxy accepts client connections, multiplexes them over a single connection to the X server, and performs various optimizations on the X protocol to make it faster over low bandwidth and/or high latency connections. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Low BandWidth X proxy From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux Computer (Corel) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Loopback Capability (UNI, ATM, OAM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Logic Cell Array From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Administrator (Linux, GNU, Unix) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Removes 'capabilities' in the kernel, making the system more secure Capabilities are a form of kernel-based access control. This program provides a user-friendlier way than setting proc/sys/kernel/cap-bound by hand to remove capabilities from your Linux kernel. For example, you can remove the capability to load kernel modules by executing 'lcap CAP_SYS_MODULE' as root. Then no one, not even root, can load modules into your kernel. This can be useful for tightening the security of your Linux machines. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Control Center From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Client Control Manager (IBM, LAN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LISP Code Directory (EMACS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Loss of Cell Delineation (UNI, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LCD display driver daemon This is a client/server suite inclduding drivers for all kinds of nifty LCD displays. The server supports several serial devices: Matrix Orbital, Crystal Fontz, Bayrad, LB216, LCDM001 (kernelconcepts.de), Wirz-SLI and PIC-an-LCD; and some devices connected to the LPT port: HD44780, STV5730, T6963, SED1520 and SED1330. Various clients are available that display things like CPU load, system load, memory usage, uptime, and a lot more. http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Common Graphics Interface (CGI, WWW) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LEAF Creation Method (EES, cryptography) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Logical Channel Numbers From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[PPP] Link Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1570) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Professional (Linux, GNU, Unix) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Least Cost Routing From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux Compatibility Standard (Linux) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Liquid Crystal Shutter From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lotus Communication Server From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Liquid Crystal Stereoscopic Shutter [display] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Last Compliance Time (GCRA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN CID Utility (LAN, CID, IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Line Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Destination (ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Using LD, the GNU linker From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The dynamic library loader. Each binary using shared libraries used to have about 3K of start-up code to find and load the shared libraries. Now that code has been put in a special shared library, /lib/ld.so, where all binaries can look for it, so that it wastes less disk space, and can be upgraded more easily. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A utility to manage the libraries in /etc/ld.so.preload This script is written to be used with the installation of libsafe, but perhaps it could prove itself useful for more things ;) From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linker for as86(1) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Delivery Agent From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A directory service, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is used by e-mail programs (Microsoft, Netscape, Eudora, etc.) to allow you to lookup a person's name in a corporate database and find their e-mail address, phone number, and other information that the corporate administrators decided to put in there. Key point: Most corporate LDAP servers have little or no authentication. Finding LDAP servers and downloading their contents is an important step in the reconnaissance phase of a hacking attack. Key point: While LDAP is in theory lightweight, in practice it is still fairly complicated. There are many implementation and deployment bugs that can be exploited in order to break into servers. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. As the name suggests, it is a lightweight client-server protocol for accessing directory services, specifically X.500-based directory services. LDAP runs over TCP/IP or other connection oriented transfer services. LDAP is defined in RFC2251 "The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3). A directory is similar to a database, but tends to contain more descriptive, attribute-based information. The information in a directory is generally read much more often than it is written. Directories are tuned to give quick-response to high-volume lookup or search operations. They may have the ability to replicate information widely in order to increase availability and reliability, while reducing response time. When directory information is replicated, temporary inconsistencies between the replicas may be OK, as long as they get in sync eventually. There are many different ways to provide a directory service. Different methods allow different kinds of information to be stored in the directory, place different requirements on how that information can be referenced, queried and updated, how it is protected from unauthorized access, etc. Some directory services are local, providing service to a restricted context (e.g., the finger service on a single machine). Other services are global, providing service to a much broader context. From LDAP-Linux-HOWTO http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (RFC 1777, X.500, DS, AD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lightwight Directory Access Protocol. Allows network nodes to get info on other nodes. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
see lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
OpenLDAP Gateways These programs provide directory interaction (gateways) with your existing servers. They include fax, finger, gopher and mail gateways, aswell as some useful utilities. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
OpenLDAP utilities. Utilities from the OpenLDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) package. These utilities can access a local or remote LDAP server and contain all the client programs required to access LDAP servers. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LDAP based DNS management system. ldap2dns is a program to create DNS (Domain Name Service) records directly from a LDAP directory. It can and should be be used to replace the secondary name-server by a second primary one. ldap2dns reduces all kind of administration overhead: No more flat file editing, no more zone file editing. After having installed ldap2dns, the administrator only has to access the LDAP directory. ldap2dns is designed to write ASCII data files used by tinydns from the djbdns package, but also may be used to write .db-files used by named as found in the BIND package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Application Program Interface (LDAP, RFC 1823, API), "LDAP API" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate LDAP over the WWW. LDAP Explorer is a handy LDAP Client tool designed to work as a generic web based, running on server side. You can use it to browse tree hierarchical LDAP server, add, modify or delete entries; and add, modify, delete attributes in an entry. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LANDesk Client Manager From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
determine run-time link bindings From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Ldconfig is a basic system program which determines run-time linkbindings between ld.so and shared libraries. Ldconfig scans a running system and sets up the symbolic links that are used to load shared libraries properly. It also creates a cache (/etc/ld.so.cache) which speeds the loading of programs which use shared libraries. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lightly Doped Drain (IC, MOSFET) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
print shared library dependencies From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux Disk Editor This allows you to view some Linux fs's (a la Norton disk edit), hex block and inode editing are now supported and you can use it to dump an erased file to another partition with a little bit of work. Supports ext2, minix, and msdos. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The hardware device lists provided by this package are used as lookup table to get hardware autodetection From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The hardware device lists provided by this package are used as lookup table to get hardware autodetection From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Logical Disk IDentifier (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Monitors virtual services provided by LVS. ldirectord is a stand-alone daemon to monitor services of real for virtual services provided by The Linux Virtual Server (http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/). It is simple to install and works with the heartbeat code (http://www.linux-ha.org/). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Label Distribution Protocol (IETF, RFC 3036, MPLS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux Document Projects (Linux) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Loader Debugger Protocol (RFC 909) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Linux Documentation Project's DSSSL stylesheets This is a customized stylesheet authored by contributors to the Linux Documentation Project. It imports standard DocBook stylesheets and overrides certain components. This package provides the DSSSL stylesheet; XSL versions can be found in ldp-docbook-xsl. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Linux Documentation Project's XSL stylesheets These are customized stylesheets authored by contributors to the Linux Documentation Project. They import standard DocBook stylesheets and override certain components. This package provides the XSL stylesheets; a DSSSL version can be found in ldp-docbook-dsssl. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
HTML, PS version of Linux System Administrator's Guide This is the Linux System Administrator's Guide, one of the documents of the Linux Documentation Project. The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) is working on developing good, reliable documentation for the Linux operating system. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Light Detect Resistor From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Linux dynamic linker and library for libc4 and libc5. This dynamic linker provides the user-level support for loading and linking DLL and ELF shared libraries. You do not need this package unless you have very old programs which use libc4 or libc5. The libc6 package has its own dynamic linker that is used for all current programs. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lightning Data Transfer [bus] (AMD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Descriptor Table (CPU, Intel) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Load Descriptor Table Register (CPU, Intel, assembler, IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Descriptor Table Register Cache (LDT, Intel, CPU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LaenderDatenVerareitungsAnlage From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Emulation (LANE, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Text Editor with block and binary operations LE has many block operations with stream and rectangular blocks, can edit both unix and dos style files (LF/CRLF), is binary clean, has hex mode, can edit large files and mmap'able devices in MAP_SHARED mode, has tunable syntax highlighting, tunable color scheme (can use default colors), tunable key map. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Law Enforcement Access Field (EES, cryptography) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LEAF (Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall) is an easy-to-use embedded Linux system that is meant for creating network appliances for use in small office, home office, and home automation environments. There are several branches of LEAF, including Bering, Dachstein, Oxygen, PacketFilter, and WRP. The initial release of Bering (Beta 4), was released March 7, 2002. Bering 1.2 was released May 11, 2003. Shorewall 1.3.9b was released October 23, 2002. Mosquito 3.4 was announced July 7, 2002. The WISP-Dist branch released version 2397 on December 26, 2002. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
NNTP server for small leaf sites Leafnode is a news server suitable for small, limited-bandwidth sites with only a few users. Leafnode keeps track of which groups are being read, and downloads only articles in those groups. Leafnode has been designed to require no maintenance and to be easy to set up. Perl and the libnet-perl package are required to use some optional features of the package for handling very low volume newsgroups. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Simple and efficient memory-leak tracer for C++ programs LeakTracer traces calls to new and delete, and reports inconsistencies in the C++-level memory-management. It has limitations (eg. when you override the new and delete operators yourself), but is very easy to use (eg. compared to more complete tools like mpatrol), traces the C++ level (unlike most other tools), and gives pretty good results. It uses gdb to display source-file information. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol (LANE, ARP, ATM), "LE-ARP" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LATA Equal Access System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Refers to line such as a telephone line or fiber-optic cable that is rented for exclusive 24-hour, 7-days-a-week use from your location to another location. The highest speed data connections require a leased line. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A best-practices principle that states that users have only the minimum access they need, and no more. Example: System administrators typically have multiple accounts with different rights. For example, when I'm logged in as a normal user, I do not have rights to administrator my own machine. I must login as a separate account in order to administer the system, then log out as soon as I'm done. Most UNIX systems will use the hash/pound sign # at the command prompt in order to hint to the user that they have root access and should be careful. Key point: One of the leading causes of security breaches is authorization creep: as users change roles, they often get new privileges, but old privileges are rarely taken away. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Reminds you when you have to leave Leave waits until the specified time, then reminds you that you have to leave. You are reminded 5 minutes and 1 minute before the actual time, at the time, and every minute thereafter. When you log off, leave exits just before it would have printed the next message. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Emulation Client (LANE, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Layered Error Correction (CD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Exchange Carrier (FCC, LATA, IEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Emulation Client IDentifier (LANE, ATM, LEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local area network Emulation Configuration Server (ATM, LANE, LEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Light-Emitting Diode From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Scriptable keyboard LED control Ledcontrol is a package designed to show any kind of information on the unused LEDs on your keyboard. Features include blinking LEDs, animations, priority levels etc. The GTK+ interface gled is in the package ledcontrol-gtk. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GTK frontend for ledcontrol Ledcontrol-gtk is a GTK+ frontend for ledcontrol with which you can easily test different kinds of blinkings, animations, etc. with ledd. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A line editor for interactive programs. Ledit is a line editor, allowing to use control commands like in emacs or in shells (bash, tcsh). To be used with interactive commands. It is written in Ocaml and Camlp4 and uses the library unix.cma. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Leetnux is a Linux distribution specifically designed for Linux users who want maximum configuratibility. Therefore, the installation is quite hard, absolutely nothing is done "automagically" as in modern Linux distributions, but the user has total control over the installation. The idea behind Leetnux comes from Linux From Scratch, but a Leetnux system is not as "pure" as an LFS system, because a minimal pre-compiled system must be installed. Distribution development is not all that active. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Alternative OS for Lego Mindstorms RCX supports devel. in C/C++ A development environment and multitasking operating system for use as an alternative to the standard Lego Mindstorms RCX firmware. For more info: http://legos.sourceforge.net From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Leka Rescue Floppy is a Linux mini-distribution that installs into one floppy disk. It is meant for disaster recovery, but also contains many fine features like networking support, a dhcpd, a Web browser, and an IRC client. Initial release 0.5.0 is dated February 26, 2002. V0.5.1 was released the following day. Stable version 0.7.1 was released July 6, 2002. A floppy-based distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An explanatory dictionary of botanic and biological terms LEKSBOT is an explanatory dictionary of botanic and biological terms. Currently it contains about 1500 terms but the number is growing up and will cover other sciences relative with biology (entomology, etc.). The included program KATAXWR is a simple utility with which you can add terms in your personal database. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Link, Embed and Launch (UNIX) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LEM is a small i386 Linux distribution which provides full network and X Server. LEM has disappeared from this website [May 6, 2002]. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lightning ElectroMagnetic Pulse From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Low Entry Networking (IBM, SNA, PU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LeitungsEndgeraet, Optisch Mil., Germany From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Link Everything Online (WWW, TUM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LAN Emulation Server (LANE, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Line Errored Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A file pager program, similar to more(1) Less is a program similar to more (1), but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement. Also, less does not have to read the entire input file before starting, so with large input files it starts up faster than text editors like vi (1). Less uses termcap (or terminfo on some systems), so it can run on a variety of terminals. There is even limited support for hardcopy terminals. Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
opposite of more From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less doesn't have to read the entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors (for example, vi). You should install less because it is a basic utility for viewing textfiles, and you'll use it frequently. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less does not have to read the entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
expand metacharacters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
"input preprocessor" for less. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
specify key bindings for less From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
"input preprocessor" for less. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LessTif is a free replacement for OSF/Motif(R), which provides a full set of widgets for application development (menus, text entry areas, scrolling windows, etc.). LessTif is source compatible with OSF/Motif(R) 1.2. The widget set code is the primary focus of development. If you are installing lesstif, you also need to install lesstif-clients. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lesstif is an API compatible clone of the Motif toolkit. Most of the Motif 1.2 API is in place. Motif 2.1 functionality is being improved. Many Motif applications compile and run out-of-the-box with LessTif, and we want to hear about those that don't. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
User binaries for LessTif. Contains user binaries for LessTif, the Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif, including a clone of mwm, the Motif Window Manager. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Library with debugging symbols for LessTif. LessTif, made by the Hungry Programmers, is a free (LGPL-ed) version of OSF/Motif; it aims ultimately at binary compatibility with Motif 1.2. Contains shared libraries with debugging symbols for libXm and libMrm. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
OSF/Motif implementation released under LGPL. Contains runtime shared libraries for LessTif, the Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif. Contains runtime shared libraries for libXm and libMrm. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a very small vi clone Levee is a screen oriented editor based on the Unix editor "vi". It provides a terse, powerful way to enter and edit text. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a "Lexical Analyser". Its main job is to break up an input stream into more usable elements. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
fast lexical analyzer generator From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
parse header information in man pages From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A printer driver for Lexmark 7000 "GDI" printers This is the printer driver for Lexmark 7000 "GDI" printers. * Known to work with Lexmark 7000, 7200 and 5700 printers * 600x600 dpi Black & White printing * Preliminary 600x600 CMY colour printing for 7000, 7200 Note that Lexmark printer drivers are now available for Ghostscript, so Debian's gs / gs-aladdin packages will include Lexmark printer support. Hence, this lexmark7000linux package will be obsolete soon, if not already. :-) Author: Henryk Paluch <paluch@bimbo.fjfi.cvut.cz> From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Line Feed (ASCII) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Login Facility (DCE) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Link Field Address (Forth) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Feature Analysis From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Leight weight Flow Admission Protocol (Cabletron, RFC 2124) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linear Frame Buffer (CPU, VESA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux Federation for Commercial Customers (Linux) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Low Frequency Effect (audio) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Long File Names From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Long File Name BacKup (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Low Frequency Oscillator From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Loopback File System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linear Feedback Shift Register (IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LFTP is a shell-like command line ftp client. The main two advantages over other ftp clients are reliability and ability to perform tasks in background. It will reconnect and reget the file being transferred if the connection broke. You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing on the ftp site. It does this all in one process. When you have started background jobs and feel you are done, you can just exit lftp and it automatically moves to nohup mode and completes the transfers. It has also such nice features as reput and mirror. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LFTP is a sophisticated ftp/http file transfer program. Like bash, it has jobcontrol and uses the readline library for input. It has bookmarks, built-inmirroring, and can transfer several files in parallel. It is designed with reliability in mind. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP client programs Lftp is a file retrieving tool that supports FTP and HTTP protocols under both IPv4 and IPv6. Lftp has an amazing set of features, while preserving its interface as simple and easy as possible. The main two advantages over other ftp clients are reliability and ability to perform tasks in background. It will reconnect and reget the file being transferred if the connection broke. You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing on the ftp site. It does this all in one process. When you have started background jobs and feel you are done, you can just exit lftp and it automatically moves to nohup mode and completes the transfers. It has also such nice features as reput and mirror. It can also download a file as soon as possible by using several connections at the same time. Lftp can also be scriptable, it can be used to mirror sites, it let you copy files among remote servers (even between FTP and HTTP). It has an extensive online help. It supports bookmarks, and connecting to several ftp/http sites at the same time. This package also includes lftpget - A simple non-interactive tool for downloading files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux Gazette magazine. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A "Panzer General" - like game A game similar to well known to most of PC users strategic game - Panzer General. It is a turned-based strategy written by Michael Speck. Uses libSDL and requires X Window System. It's not a final version but works fine and is worth playing. Included HOWTO describes step-by-step how to create custom scenarios and campaigns. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lesser General Public License (GPL, GNU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A variation of the GPL that covers program libraries. From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Local Group Policy Object (AD, GPO) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux/GNU/X [distribution] (Yggdrasil, Linux, GNU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LHA is an archiving and compression utility for LHarc format archives. LHA is mostly used in the DOS world, but can be used under Linux to extract DOS files from LHA archives. Install the lha package if you need to extract DOS files from LHA archives. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An older file compression and archiving method rarely used anymore. Files packaged with this technology typically have a .lha or .lzh extension. From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lawful Interception (ETSI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This project puts together encapsulated pieces of a Linux operating system. Site is in English and Polish. Last update August 2001. A floppy-based distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linear Incremental Backoff (CSMA/CD, BEB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
AA-lib is a low level gfx library just as many other libraries are. The main difference is that AA-lib does not require graphics device. In fact, there is no graphical output possible. AA-lib replaces those old-fashioned output methods with powerful ascii-art renderer. Now my linux boots with a nice penguin logo at secondary display (yes! LikeWin95 does:) AA-lib API is designed to be similar to other graphics libraries. Learning a new API would be a piece of cake! The AA library is needed for GIMP From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the libacl.so dynamic library which contains the POSIX 1003.1e draft standard 17 functions for manipulating access control lists. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a modularized architecture which supports quite a large range of ISA and PCI cards. It's fully compatible with old OSS drivers (either OSS/Lite, OSS/commercial). To use the features of alsa, one can either use:- the old OSS api- the new ALSA api that provides many enhanced features.Using the ALSA api requires to use the ALSA library. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Libao is a cross platform audio output library. It currently supports ESD, OSS, Solaris, and IRIX. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Graphics routines used by the GnomeCanvas widget and some other applications. libart renders vector paths and the like. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is the LGPL'd component of libart. Libart is a library forhigh-performance 2D graphics. All functions needed for running the Gnome canvas, and for printing support, will be going in here. The GPL'd component will be getting various enhanced functions for specific applications. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Accessibility means providing system infrastructure that allows add-on assistive software to transparently provide specalized input and ouput capabilities. For example, screen readers allow blind users to navigate through applications, determine the state of controls, and read text via text to speech conversion. On-screen keyboards replace physical keyboards, and head-mounted pointers replace mice. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains the extended attribute system calls and library functions. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The MPEG Library is a collection of C routines to decode MPEG movies and dither them in a variety of colour schemes. Most of the code in the library comes directly from the Berkely MPEG player, an X11-specific implementation that works fine, but suffers from minimal documentation and a lack of modularity. A front end to the Berkeley decoding engine was developed by Greg Ward at theMontreal Neurological Institute in May/June 1994 to facilitate the development of an MPEG player specifically for Silicon Graphics workstations. The decoding engine together with the MNI front end constitute the MPEG Library. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Bonobo is a component system based on CORBA, used by the GNOME desktop. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Bonobo is a library that provides the necessary framework for GNOME applications to deal with compound documents, i.e. those with a spreadsheet and graphic embedded in a word-processing document. This package contains various needed modules and files for bonobo 2 to operate. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Bonobo Activation is an object activation framework for GNOME. It uses ORBit. This package contains necessary libraries to run any programs linked with bonobo-activation. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Bonobo configuration moniker. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Bonobo is a library that provides the necessary framework for GNOME applications to deal with compound documents, i.e. those with aspreadsheet and graphic embedded in a word-processing document. This package provides libraries to use Bonobo. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Bonobo is a component system based on CORBA, used by the GNOME desktop. libbonoboui contains the user interface related components that come with Bonobo. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Bonobo is a library that provides the necessary framework for GNOME applications to deal with compound documents, i.e. those with a spreadsheet and graphic embedded in a word-processing document. This package contains various needed modules and files for bonobo 2 to operate. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Library of bzip2 functions, for developing apps which will use thebzip2 library (aka libz2). From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6)draft 15 capabilities. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package provides the "libcapplet.so.0" library and header filesas found in GNOME 1, used by some packages not yet ported to GNOME 2. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
libcapplet originally belongs to GNOME control-center, and is a library necessary for 'capplets', which means different modules for control-center. It has been splitted off from control-center as a package of its own. This package contains the main libraries necessary to run capplets. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is the development libraries for cdparanoia. cdparanoia is a complete rewrite of Heiko Eissfeldt's 'cdda2wav' program, and generally is much better at succeeding to read difficult discs with cheap drives. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
libraries for running GNOME media. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains libraries for console tools From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Common Unix Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX(TM) operating systems. This package contains the CUPS API library which contains common functions used by both the CUPS daemon and all CUPS frontends (lpr-cups, xpp, qtcups, kups, ...). This package you need for both CUPS clients and servers. It is also needed by Samba. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
libcurl is a library of functions for sending and receiving files through various protocols, including http and ftp. You should install this package if you plan to use any applications that use libcurl From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. Berkeley DB is used by many applications, including Python and Perl, so this should be installed on all systems. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. Berkeley DB is used by many applications, including Python and Perl, so this should be installed on all systems. This package contains the files needed to build C++ programs which use Berkeley DB. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is a first approach to implement a file-system-inside-a-file. The library is called libefs (EFS = Embedded File System). This package is part of Bonobo. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The libelf package contains a library for accessing ELF object files. Libelf allows you to access the internals of the ELF object file format, so you can see the different sections of an ELF file. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Evolution is the GNOME mailer, calendar, contact manager and communications tool. The tools which make up Evolution willbe tightly integrated with one another and act as a seamless personal information-management tool. This package contains dynamic librairies used by Evolution. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain information about the image. The EXIF library allows you to parse an EXIF file and read the data from those tags. This library does not contain any documentation, but it seems to make the connection between libexif, the core library for EXIF, and GTK-based graphical frontends. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files withe xtra tags that contain information about the image. The EXIF library allows you to parse an EXIF file and read the data from those tags. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying and correcting any inconsistencies in second extended (ext2) filesystems. E2fsprogs contains e2fsck (used to repair filesystem inconsistencies after an unclean shutdown), mke2fs (used toinitialize a partition to contain an empty ext2 filesystem), debugfs (used to examine the internal structure of a filesystem, to manually repair a corrupted filesystem or to create test cases for e2fsck), tune2fs(used to modify filesystem parameters) and most of the other core ext2fs filesystem utilities. You should install libext2fs2 to use tools who use ext2fs features. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains Fortran 77 shared library which is needed to run Fortran 77 3.1 dynamically linked programs. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
fam, the File Alteration Monitor, provides a daemon and an API which applications can use to be notified when specific files or directories are changed.This package contains library used by fam daemon. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Fast Light Tool Kit ("FLTK", pronounced "fulltick") is a LGPL'd C++ graphical user interface toolkit for X (UNIX(r)), OpenGL(r), and Microsoft(r) Windows(r) NT 4.0, 95, or 98. It was originally developed by Mr. Bill Spitzak and is currently maintained by asmall group of developers across the world with a central repository in the US. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
g-wrap is a tool for specifying types, functions, and constants to import into a Scheme interpreter, and for generating code (in C) to interface these to the Guile and RScheme interpreters in particular. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Gail is the GNOME Accessibility Implementation Library From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A collection of GNOME widgets and utility functions. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This the G App Libs (GAL). This module contains some library functions that came from Gnumeric and Evolution. The idea is to reuse those widgets across various larger GNOME applications that might want to use these widgets. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Some GCC version 3.0 and later compiled libraries and/or binaries need this shared support library. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The libgcj package includes the Java runtime library, which is needed to run Java programs compiled using the gcc Java compiler (gcj). From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GConf is a configuration data storage mechanism scheduled to ship with GNOME 2.0. GConf does work without GNOME however; itcan be used with plain GTK+, Xlib, KDE, or even text mode applications as well. This package contains necessary libraries to run any programs linked with GConf. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the library needed to run programs dynamically linkedwith libgdgd is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw imagescomplete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste fromother images, and flood fills, and write out the result as a .PNG or .JPGfile. This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, where .PNG and .JPG are two of the formats accepted for inline images by mostbrowsers. gd is not a paint program. If you are looking for a paint program, you are looking in the wrong place.gd does not provide for every possible desirable graphics operation. It is not necessary or desirable for gd to become a kitchen-sinkgraphics package, but version 1.7.3 incorporates most of the commonlyrequested features for an 8-bit 2D package. Support for truecolor images, including truecolor JPEG and truecolor PNG is planned for version 2.0. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNU Data Access is an attempt to provide uniform access to different kinds of data sources (databases, information servers, mail spools, etc). It is a complete architecture that provides all you need toaccess your data. libgda was part of the GNOME-DB project(http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-db), but has beenseparated from it to allow non-GNOME applications to be developed based on it. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package provides library needed to run programs dynamically linked with gdbm. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The GdkPixBuf library provides a number of features: - Image loading facilities. - Rendering of a GdkPixBuf into various formats: drawables (windows, pixmaps), GdkRGB buffers. This package provides GTK+ version of gdk-pixbuf From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains libraries used by GTK+ to load and handle various image formats. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The GNOME library for making HTTP 1.1 requests. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is the non so versionated parts of the gimp core, aka part that're either build for gimp-1.2.x or gimp-1.3.x. We can handle multiple libgimpX.Y_Z at the same time since they've different version (eg libgimp1.2_1 and libgimp1.2_3) but we can install only one libgimp1.2 at the same time. So come the split From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is the versionated library that contains the gimp fonctionnality core. It enable other programs to use gimp's features but is mainly intendedto be used by the GIMP and its "external" plugins. It contains :* libgck: color managment* libgimp: the gimp features core* libgimpui: the gimp GUI part From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is a high-quality printing library used by the GIMP-Print plugin, the "stp" color/photo inkjet/laser driver in GhostScript, and by specialized CUPS drivers. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Libglade is a small library that allows a program to load its user interface from am XML description at runtime. Libglade uses the XML file format used by the GLADE user interface builder GLADE, so libglade acts as an alternative to GLADE's code generation approach. Libglade also provides a simple interface for connecting handlers to the various signals in the interface (on platforms where the gmodule library works correctly, it is possible to connect all the handlers with a single function call). Once the interface has been instantiated, libglade gives no overhead, so other than the short initial interface loading time, there is no performance tradeoff. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This library allows you to load user interfaces in your program, which are stored externally. This allows alteration of the interface without recompilation of the program. The interfaces can also be edited with GLADE. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Glib is a handy library of utility functions. This C library is designed to solve some portability problems and provide other useful functionality which most programs require.Glib is used by GDK, GTK+ and many applications. You should install Glib because many of your applications will depend on this library. This package contains the library needed to run programs dynamically linked with the glib. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The gmp package contains GNU MP, a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, signed integers operations, rational numbers and floatingpoint numbers. GNU MP is designed for speed, for both small and verylarge operands.GNU MP is fast for several reasons: - it uses fullwords as the basic arithmetic type, - it uses fast algorithms - it carefully optimizes assembly code for many CPUs' most common inner loops - it generally emphasizes speed over simplicity/elegance in its operations From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNAT is a GNU Ada 95 front-end to GCC. This package includes shared libraries, which are required to run programs compiled with the GNAT. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Gnet is a simple network library. It is written in C, object-oriented, and built upon glib. It is intended to be small, fast, easy-to-use, and easy to port. The interface is similar to the interface for Java's network library. Features: * TCP 'client' sockets * TCP 'server' sockets * Non-blocking TCP sockets * UDP * IP Multicast * Internet address abstraction Gnet requires Glib 1.2. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of GUI applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a window manager for the X Window System. The libgnome package includes non-GUI-related libraries that are needed to run GNOME. The libgnomeui package contains X11-dependent GNOME library features. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The GNOME Virtual File System provides an abstraction to common filesystem operations like reading, writing and copying files, listing directories and so on. This package contains the main GNOME VFS libraries, which is requiredby the basic GNOME 2 system. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of GUI applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a window manager for the X Window System. The gnome-libs package includes libraries that are needed to run GNOME. This package contains main library for GNOME From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The canvas widget allows you to create custom displays using stock items such as circles, lines, text, and so on. It was originally a port of the Tk canvas widget but has evolved quite a bit over time. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The GNOME canvas is an engine for structured graphics that offers a rich imaging model, high performance rendering, and a powerful, high-level API. It offers a choice of two rendering back-ends, one based on Xlib forextremely fast display, and another based on Libart, a sophisticated, antialiased, alpha-compositing engine. Applications have a choice between the Xlib imaging model or a superset of the PostScript imaging model, depending on the level of graphic sophistication required. This package contains the main canvas library. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package provides a C++ interface for GnomeUI. It is a subpackage of the Gtk-- project. The interface provides a convenient interface for C++ programmers to create Gnome GUIs with GTK+'s flexible object-orientedframework. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a window manager for the X Window System. The gnome-print package contains libraries and fonts needed by GNOME applications for printing. You should install the gnome-print package if you intend to use any ofthe GNOME applications that can print. If you would like to develop GNOME applications that can print you will also need to install the gnome-print devel package. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is an implementation of the Gnome Printing Architecture, asdescribed in: http://www.levien.com/gnome/print-arch.html From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the printing apparatus for GNOME, the complete graphical desktop environment based entirely on free software. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The libgnomeprintui package contains GTK+ widgets related to printing. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is an implementation of the Gnome Printing Architecture, as described in: http://www.levien.com/gnome/print-arch.html From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of GUI applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a window manager for the X Window System. The lib gnomeui packageincludes GUI-related libraries that are needed to run GNOME. (The libgnome package includes the library features that do not use the X Window System.) From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This library contains all the functionality to access to modern digital cameras via USB or the serial port. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Library used by the gpm program. Install libgpm1-devel if you need to develop text-mode programs which will use the mouse. You'll also need to install the gpm package. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A library for reading and writing structured files (eg MS OLE and Zip). From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GStreamer is a streaming-media framework, based on graphs of filters whichoperate on media data. Applications using this library can do anythingfrom real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new datatypes or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing newplugins.This package contains the libraries. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the static libraries and header files needed for developing GTK+ (GIMP ToolKit) applications. It contains GDK (the General Drawing Kit, which simplifies the interface for writing GTK+ widgets and using GTK+ widgets in applications), and GTK+(the widget set). This package contains the library needed to run programs dynamically linked with gtk+. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GtkHTML is a HTML rendering/editing library. GtkHTML is not designed to be the ultimate HTML browser/editor: instead, it is designed to be easily embedded into applications that require lightweight HTML functionality. This package contains libraries used by GtkHTML. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
LibGTop is a library that fetches information about the runningsystem such as CPU and memory usage, active processes and more. On Linux systems, this information is taken directly from the /proc filesystem while on other systems a server is used to read that information from other /dev/kmem, among others. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains Guile shared object libraries and the ice-9 scheme module. Guile is the GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
libIDL is a library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language). It can be used for both COM-style and CORBA-style IDL. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
libIDL is a small library for creating parse trees of CORBA v2.2compliant Interface Definition Language (IDL) files, which is a specification for defining interfaces which can be used between different CORBA implementations. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
libieee1284 is a cross-platform library for parallel port access From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the libintl library for the gettext package. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The libjpeg package contains a library of functions for manipulating JPEG images, as well as simple client programs for accessing the libjpeg functions. Libjpeg client programs include cjpeg, djpeg,jpegtran, rdjpgcom and wrjpgcom. Cjpeg compresses an image file into JPEG format. Djpeg decompresses a JPEG file into a regular image file. Jpegtran can perform various useful transformations on JPEGfiles. Rdjpgcom displays any text comments included in a JPEG file. Wrjpgcom inserts text comments into a JPEG file. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
linc is a library that eases the task of writing networked servers &clients. It takes care of connection initiation and maintenance, and the details of various transports. It is used by ORBit2 to handle message transmission/receipt. Currently supported transports: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MAD is a high-quality MPEG audio decoder. It currently supports MPEG-1and the MPEG-2 extension to Lower Sampling Frequencies, as well as theso-called MPEG 2.5 format. All three au