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diff --git a/TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn b/TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 3c658f48..00000000 --- a/TWiki/TWikiGlossary.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -%TOC% %STARTINCLUDE% - -# <a name="TWiki_Glossary"> TWiki Glossary </a> - -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_ - -<a name="TWikiTopic"></a> **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 - -<a name="TWikiWeb"></a> **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 <br /> |