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;[[school server]]: a machine at each school that works as an access point and provides
;[[school server]]: a machine at each school that works as an access point and provides
;serverless peer-to-peer: a wayof providing peer-to-peer sharing of data via peer-to-peer connectivity, from one XO to another.
;serverless peer-to-peer: a wayof providing peer-to-peer sharing of data via peer-to-peer connectivity, from one XO to another.
;[[XS]] server:
;XS server: see ''school server''


== networking terms ==
== networking terms ==
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;mesh: see ''mesh layer''
;mesh: see ''mesh layer''
;mesh view:
;mesh view:
;mesh layer: a layer that can run over peer-to-peer, over infrastructure, etc.
;[[mesh layer]]: a layer that can run over peer-to-peer, over infrastructure, etc.
;peer-to-peer: see ''serverless peer-to-peer''
;peer-to-peer: see ''serverless peer-to-peer''
;presence:
;presence:
;tubes: [[tubes]] runs over the mesh and over traditional infrastructure.
;[[tubes]]: tubes runs over the mesh and over traditional infrastructure.

== hardware and firmware terms ==

;[[forth]]: god's gift to terse programmers
;[[open firmware]]:
; :

== sugar, content and activity terms ==

;Activity: a sugarized application that can have an icon in the taskbar
;taskbar: the bottom bar of the frame





Revision as of 04:09, 12 September 2007

XO terms

school server
a machine at each school that works as an access point and provides
serverless peer-to-peer
a wayof providing peer-to-peer sharing of data via peer-to-peer connectivity, from one XO to another.
XS server
see school server

networking terms

infrastructure
sometimes used to describe traditional network connectivity, with an access point
mesh
see mesh layer
mesh view
mesh layer
a layer that can run over peer-to-peer, over infrastructure, etc.
peer-to-peer
see serverless peer-to-peer
presence
tubes
tubes runs over the mesh and over traditional infrastructure.

hardware and firmware terms

forth
god's gift to terse programmers
open firmware

sugar, content and activity terms

Activity
a sugarized application that can have an icon in the taskbar
taskbar
the bottom bar of the frame


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