From 8a73933d884d91917a4dbd2e4e2cd34dd15cdd3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MikeMannix Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:29:31 +0000 Subject: none --- TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn (limited to 'TWiki') diff --git a/TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn b/TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3c658f48 --- /dev/null +++ b/TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +%TOC% %STARTINCLUDE% + +# TWiki Glossary + +TWiki uses a handful of general computer and Internet terms in a TWiki-specific way. This _could_ get confusing, but it actually works out fine in use. The TWikiGlossary is also a quick way to get familiar with the overall TWiki set-up... + +**_(Under...construction: this is a rough draft)_** + +**Attachment** _aka_ **File Attachment** - upload files by browser and attach them to any page, where they can be viewed, edited, downloaded; accessed by clicking **Attach** at page bottom (%TWIKIWEB%.FileAttachments) + +**Plugin** - a TWiki feature add-on; a Perl module that enhances TWiki, through the Plugin API spec; named `<_>Plugin.pm`, ex: `SomePlugin.pm` ([[TWikiDocumentation]]) + +**Plugin API** - specs for building TWiki Plugins with Perl modules ([[TWikiDocumentation]]) + +**Preference** - a customizable TWiki parameter; settings site-wide, by the web, by the topic on %TWIKIWEB%.TWikiPreferences and [[WebPreferences]] pages, also on Plugins, user and regular topic pages. + +**site** - a TWiki installation consisting of one or more TWiki _webs_ + + **topic** _aka_ **WikiTopic** - a single TWiki page, it has a %TWIKIWEB%.WikiName that's unique within its home _web_ + +**TWiki** - based on "Wiki", from the original WikiWikiWeb, first OF this style of edit-anything-anywhere Web environment; by chance, also the name of a robot (as in, the robo-head in the TWiki logo) in the old _Buck Rogers_ TV series (%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiSite) + +**TWiki.org (twiki.org)** - official home site, center of all development, housed on SourceForge.com + +**variable** - text-strings of the form `%VARIABLE%` that are expanded on the fly into text, image, or any other type of embedded content; predefined variables are coded into the main TWiki package, Plugins variables, and user-specified variables are created in [[TWiki/TWikiPreferences]], [[WebPreferences]], or single topics + + **web** - with a small "w", as opposed to the Web, World Wide; a collection of TWiki topics under a common name; topics share Preference settings, disk file structure, and are handled as a group by search + +**WikiTopic** - _see: topic_ + +-- [[Main/MikeMannix]] - 09 Sep 2001
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