References
本文只列出作者比较不熟悉的缩写
- cpio = CoPy In and Out
- cron : Chronos 希腊文时间
- CUPS : common unix printing system
- cvs : current version system
- daemon : Disk And Execution MONitor
- dc : desk calculator
- dmesg : diagnostic message
- ed : editor
- egrep : Extended GREP
- elm : ELectronic Mail
- emacs : Editor MACroS
- eval : EVALuate
- fgrep : fixed grep
- fstab : File System TABle
- fvwm : F*** Virtual Window Manager
- gpg : GNU Privacy Guard
- hal : Hardware Abstraction Layer
- lame : Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder
- lex : LEXical analyser
- lpr : Line PRint
- m4 : Macro processor Version 4
- mawk : Mike Brennan's AWK
- mc : Midnight Commander
- mknod : Make Node
- motd : Message of The Day
- mtab : Mount TABle
- nano : Nano's ANOther editor
- nawk : New AWK
- nl : Number of Lines
- nm : names
- nohup : No HangUP
- nroff : New ROFF
- od : Octal Dump
- pg : pager
- pico : PIne's message COmposition editor
- pine : "Program for Internet News & Email" = "Pine is not Elm"
- ping : 拟声词, 也表示 Packet Internet Grouper
- pirntcap : PRINTer CAPability
- popd : POP Directory
- pr : pre
- printf : Print Formatted
- pty : pseudo tty
- pushd : PUSH Directory
- rev : REVerse
- rn : Read News
- roff : RunOFF
- rsh, rlogin, rvim中的
- r : Remote
- rxvt : ouR XVT
- seamoneky : 我
- shar : Shell ARchive
- slrn : S-Lang rn
- ssh : Secure Shell
- ssl : Secure Sockets Layer
- stty : Set TTY
- tee : T ( T形水管接口 )
- termcap : terminal capability
- terminfo : terminal information
- tex : τέχνη 的缩写,希腊文 art
- troff : Typesetter new ROFF
- tsort : Topological SORT
- tty : TeleTypewriter
- twm : Tom's Window Manager
- tz : TimeZone
- udev : Userspace DEV
- ulimit : User's LIMIT
- umask : User's MASK
- uniq : UNIQue
- i = VIsual = Very Inconvenient
- vim : Vi IMproved
- wall : write all
- wine : WINE Is Not an Emulator
- xargs : eXtended ARGuments
- xdm : X Display Manager
- xlfd : X Logical Font Description
- xmms : X Multimedia System
- xrdb : X Resources DataBase
- xwd : X Window Dump
- yacc : yet another compiler compiler
- ar : archiver
- as : assembler
- bc : basic (better) calculator ( an arbitrary precision calculator language )
- cal : calendar ( displays a calendar and the date of Easter )
- chsh : change shell
- cmp : compare ( compare two files byte by byte )
- dd : 本来应根据其功能描述 "convert an copy" 命名为 "cc" , 但 "cc" 已经被用以代表 "CComplier", 所以命名为 "dd"
- dd : disk dump ( 磁盘转储 )
- df : disk free ( 磁盘可用空间 )
- 显示磁盘可用空间数目及空间结点信息
- 就是报告在任何安装的设备或目录中, 还剩多少自由的空间
- du : disk usage
- fsck : file system check
- mkfs : make file system
- ldd : list dynamic dependencies
- 文件结尾的 "rc" ( 如 .bashrc .xinitrc 等 ) : Resource configuration
- Knnxxx / Snnxxx ( 位于rcx.d目录下 ) :
- K ( Kill )
- S ( Service )
- nn ( 执行顺序号 )
- xxx ( 服务标识 )
- lsof : LiSt Open Files
- pwd : print working directory ( 打印当前目录, 显示出当前工作目录的绝对路径 )
- rpm : RPM Package Manager = RedHat PackageManager ( RedHat 的发明之一 )
- dpkg : Debian package manager
- apt : Advanced package tool ( Debian 或基于 Debian 的发行版中提供 )
- sed : Stream Editor
- seq : sequence
- tar : tape archive ( 磁带档案 )
- telnet : TEminaL over Network
- tr = traslate
- uname : unix name
- /bin : binaries ( 二进制文件 )
- /dev : devices
- /etc : etcetera ( 等等 )
- /lib : library
- /proc : processes
- /sbin : superuser binaries ( 超级用户的二进制文件 )
- /tmp : temporary
- /usr : Unix Shared Resources
- /var : variable ( 变量 )
- .a :archive, static library
- cpp : c pre processor
- elf : Extensible Linking Format
- .so : shared object,dynamically linked library
- .o : object file, complied result of C/C++ source file
- LISP
- = LISt Processing
- = Lots of IrritatingSuperfluous Parentheses
- MySQL : My 是最初作者女儿的名字
- SQL : Structured Query Language
- Perl
- = "Pratical Extraction and Report Languag" ( 实际的抽取和报告语言 )
- = "Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister"
- PHP
- = Personal Home Page Tools
- = PHP HypertextPreprocessor
- Tcl = Tool Command Language
- awk : "Aho Weiberger and Kernighan" 三个作者的姓的第一个字母
- bash : Bourne Again SHell
- Fish : the Friendly Interactive SHell
- ksh : Korn SHell
- rc : runcom = run command, rc 还是 plan9 的 shell
- tcsh : TENEX C shell
- Apache : "a patchy" server
- COBRA : Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- ECMA : European Computer Manufacturers Association
- GRUB : GRand Unified Bootloader
- IFS : Internal Field Seperators
- LILO : LInux LOader
- MIME : Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- Mozilla : MOsaic GodZILLa
- PS : Prompt String
- Tk : ToolKit
- VT : Video Terminal
- YaST : Yet Another Setup Tool