7.1. Acronyms/Glossary¶

(sorted alphabetically)

CDT: C/C++ Development Toolkit. More at http://eclipse.org/cdt
Cygwin: (todo:: add more on Cygwin here.)
Eclipse Configuration: The current running configuration of Eclipse. Which plugins are loaded. From which location. Which version? What are the JVM Parameters, etc.
Eclipse Features: A logical superset of plugins. e.g. Eclipse CVS Client is a Feature. There maybe separate plugins to provide ssh, ssh2, user interface, core functionality.
Eclipsepedia: The Wiki maintained at http://eclipse.org
EPL: The Eclipse Public License. The license can be accessed at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php
GNU: http://www.fsf.org/ , http://www.gnu.org
GPL: GNU General Public License
IDE: Integrated Development Environment
Indexing: Parsing C/C++ source code in advance to provide faster navigation, searching within code tree.
Java Virtual Machine: JVM
JVM: (todo:: Add what a JVM is here) More at http://www.java.com
LGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License
Mercurial: Mercurial Distributed SCM (The SCM used during development of this book.)
MinGW: Minimalist GNU for Windows. More at http://www.mingw.org, http://mingw.org/wiki/MinGW, http://mingw.org/wiki/FAQ
MSVC: Microsoft Visual C
UnxUtils: Ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. More at http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/