Glossary and Examples

Colour:

  • red = caution or important
  • blue = directory name
  • purple = file name
  • brown = program or script
  • maroon = program or script
  • grey = not available at release time
  • green = text string, URL
  • violet = not used
  • pink = not used, poor visibility
  • yellow = not used, hardly visible against white background

Syntax:

  • italic = with "bubble help"
  • double quote = omit the quotes unless stated otherwise
  • angular braces = keyboard key, hardly used
  • square braces = keyboard key, URL, inserted text (usually to clarify a quotation)

Abbreviations:

  • W32 = Windows, a term used in the Unix world
  • WAMP = Windows Apache-MySQL-PHP web server sub-system
  • LAMP = Linux Apache-MySQL-PHP web server sub-system
  • FQDN = fully qualified domain name
  • DNS = domain name system
  • DHCP = dynamic host configuration protocol
  • IP = internet protocol
  • Win CP = Windows Control Panel
  • ROCP = Azndragon's Ragnarok Online Control Panel
  • GUI = graphical user interface
  • NIC = network interface [card]

Examples used in Linux guides:

  • myhost = name of local host
  • myhost.mydomain.tld = fully qualified domain name of myhost
  • mydomain.tld = top-level domain
  • myname = administrative user
  • mypass = password of myname user
  • /home/user = /home/linux-user-name directory, also known as user home
  • /home/user/Athena = Athena server directory
  • /home/user/SVN = SVN repository directory
  • /usr/local/apache2/htdocs = web root, web directory of phpBB
  • /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/rocp = web directory of ROCP
  • web root = Apache htdocs directory or directory on which pages of main site is located.
  • webdir = any directory from which web pages are served, including web root

Examples used in Windows guides:

  • myhost = name of local host
  • myhost.mydomain.tld = fully qualified domain name of myhost
  • mydomain.tld = top-level domain
  • myname = administrative user
  • mypass = password of myname user
  • C:\Athena = Athena server directory
  • C:\Program Files\Gravity\RO = RO client directory
  • C:\Program Files\Gravity\RO\Data = Data Folder
  • C:\SVN = SVN repository directory
  • C:\Apache2\htdocs = web root, web directory of phpBB
  • C:\Apache2\htdocs\rocp = web directory of ROCP
  • C:\mysql = mySQL server directory
  • C:\mysql\data = mySQL data directory
  • C:\php4 = PHP directory
  • C:\Windows = Windows root directory
  • C:\Windows\System32 = System32 directory
  • web root = Apache htdocs directory or directory from which pages of main site is located.
  • webdir = any directory from which web pages are served, including web root