docs/124269: [patch] More entries for the glossary

[Gavin Atkinson]

>Number:         124269
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] More entries for the glossary
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 04 13:10:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gavin Atkinson
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
	N/A
>Description:
	More entries for the glossary.  Also, cross reference a couple
of entries.
>How-To-Repeat:
	N/A
>Fix:

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Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml
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RCS file: /usr/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -r1.30 freebsd-glossary.sgml
--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml	28 May 2008 06:54:27 -0000	1.30
+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/glossary/freebsd-glossary.sgml	4 Jun 2008 13:00:35 -0000
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
       <glossterm>Access Control List</glossterm>
       <acronym>ACL</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A list of permissions attached to an object, usually either a
+	  file or a network device.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -151,7 +152,11 @@
       <glossterm>Advanced Power Management</glossterm>
       <acronym>APM</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>An <acronym>API</acronym> enabling the operating system to work
+	  in conjunction with the <acronym>BIOS</acronym> in order to achieve
+	  power management.  <acronym>APM</acronym> has been superseded by
+	  the much more generic and powerful <acronym>ACPI</acronym>
+	  specification for most applications.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -340,7 +345,8 @@
       <glossterm>Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol</glossterm>
       <acronym>CHAP</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A method of authenticating a user, based on a secret shared
+	  between client and server.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -358,6 +364,7 @@
       <glossdef>
 	<para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal giving the remote system
           permission to send data.</para>
+	<glossseealso otherterm="rts-glossary">
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -455,6 +462,7 @@
 	<para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal sent from the modem to the
 	  computer or terminal indicating a readiness to send and receive
 	  data.</para>
+	<glossseealso otherterm="dtr-glossary">
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -482,7 +490,8 @@
       <glossterm>Differentiated System Description Table</glossterm>
       <acronym>DSDT</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>An <acronym>ACPI</acronym> table, supplying basic configuration
+	  information about the base system.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -1135,7 +1144,9 @@
       <glossterm>Network Address Translation</glossterm>
       <acronym>NAT</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A tecnique where <acronym>IP</acronym> packets are rewritten
+	  on the way through a gateway, enabling many machines behind the
+	  gateway to effectively share a single <acronym>IP</acronym> address.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
@@ -1161,7 +1172,7 @@
       <glossterm>Network Time Protocol</glossterm>
       <acronym>NTP</acronym>
       <glossdef>
-        <para></para>
+        <para>A means of synchronizing clocks over a network.</para>
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
   </glossdiv>
@@ -1413,6 +1424,7 @@
       <acronym>POP</acronym>
       <glossdef>
         <para></para>
+	<glossseealso otherterm="pop3-glossary">
       </glossdef>
     </glossentry>
 
--- glossary.diff ends here ---


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