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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 (AKA neighborhood view)
- A view of who is sharing the mesh network with you. See sugar terms
- mesh layer
- a layer that can run over peer-to-peer, over infrastructure, etc.
- peer-to-peer
- see serverless peer-to-peer
- presence
- jabber
- networking protocol that the XO uses
- tubes
- tubes runs over the mesh and over traditional infrastructure.
- simple mesh
- school server mesh
- mesh channel
- access point
- infrastructure mode
- mesh portal point
terms for the outer case
- dual-tone
- the two-color nature of the icon on the outside of the laptop; one color or tone for the o and the other for the x
Hardware and firmware terms
- Forth
- God's gift to terse programmers
- Open Firmware
- God's gift to hardware debuggers
sugar, content and activity terms
- Activity
- a Sugarized application that can have an icon in the taskbar;
- dual-tone
- see terms for the outer case;
- home view
- a view of what activities you are running, and how much memory they take—the starting view on the laptop;
- group view
- a view of your friends with whom you are working on shared projects;
- neighborhood view
- a view of who is sharing the network with you (mesh or otherwise) and what activities are being shared there;
- taskbar
- the bottom bar of the frame;
external storage device terms
- Jumpdrive
- A small, external storage device that plugs into one of the USB ports on a computer. They can store between 16MB (enough to hold several music files) up to 4GB (enough to hold several high quality full-length movie files) and a wide range in between. Jump drives are easily purchased at any electronic store starting as low as $5 to $10.
- Thumb drive
- see jump drive
- USB drive
- see jump drive
- USB Stick
- see jump drive
- Memory Stick
- see jump drive
linux commands
Power options
- human power
- solar power
- multi-battery charger
- power strip
- hand crank
- pulley system
- XOctoPlug
Security
- BitFrost
- Rainbow
- Activation
- Activation key
- Developer key
- key generation
- lease
- passive kill
- active kill
- virus
- malware
Documentation and support
- Wiki
- IRC
- Email list
Localization
- Pootle
- translation
- keyboard
Content
- ebook;
- content bundle
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