Glossary

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

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.

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

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;

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

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