Linux Administration Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Linux Administration

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A

Access permissions in Linux

ACL in Linux

Apache in Linux

Apache Web Server in Linux

ARP in Linux

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B

Background process in Linux

Backup in Linux

Bash in Linux

BASH shell in Linux

BASH shell variables, commands and scripting in Linux

BOOTP in Linux

Bridge in Linux

Broadcast in Linux

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C

Child in Linux

Chipset in Linux

chroot in Linux

Config modes in Linux

CPU in Linux

Cron in Linux

Crontab in Linux

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D

df in Linux

DHCP in Linux

Dial-up in Linux

Disk partitioning in Linux

Display Manager in Linux

DNS in Linux

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E

Encryption in Linux

Ethernet in Linux

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F

File system in Linux

Firewall in Linux

Foreground process in Linux

FTP in Linux

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G

Getty in Linux

GNOME in Linux

GPG in Linux

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H

Hardening in Linux

Host Table in Linux

HTTP in Linux

HTTPS in Linux

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I

IMAP in Linux

inetd in Linux

init in Linux

Interface in Linux

Interrupt in Linux

IP in Linux

IP address in Linux

Iptables in Linux

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J

Java in Linux

Journald in Linux

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K

KDE in Linux

Kernel in Linux

Kernel building in Linux

Kernel patching in Linux

Key in Linux

KVM in Linux

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L

LAMP in Linux

LDAP in Linux

Linux booting in Linux

Linux core in Linux

logging in Linux

Logical link in Linux

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M

MBR in Linux

Modules in Linux

Mount in Linux

MySQL in Linux

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N

nessus in Linux

Netfilter in Linux

Netmask in Linux

Netstat in Linux

Network File System in Linux

network interface in Linux

Networking in Linux

NFS in Linux

Nginx in Linux

NIS in Linux

Nmap in Linux

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O

OpenLDAP in Linux

OpenSSH in Linux

OSS in Linux

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P

Package manager in Linux

PAM in Linux

Panel in Linux

Parent in Linux

Partition in Linux

PHP in Linux

Pipe in Linux

POP in Linux

PPP in Linux

Printing in Linux

Priority in Linux

proc in Linux

Process in Linux

Process environment in Linux

Process identification number (PID) in Linux

Process state in Linux

Programme source compile in Linux

ps in Linux

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Q

QEMU in Linux

Quota in Linux

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R

RAID in Linux

Raster in Linux

rc scripts in Linux

Remote Procedure Call in Linux

routes in Linux

Routing in Linux

RPM in Linux

Rsync in Linux

rsyslogd in Linux

Runlevel in Linux

Runlevel editor in Linux

Running process in Linux

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S

Samba in Linux

Scan rates in Linux

Security in Linux

SELinux in Linux

SetUID in Linux

Shell Editors in Linux

Shell scripting in Linux

Signal in Linux

Sleeping process in Linux

SMTP in Linux

Snort in Linux

Spawn in Linux

SSH in Linux

Stopped process in Linux

Subnet in Linux

Superuser in Linux

Swap in Linux

Swapped process in Linux

SysFS in Linux

System daemons in Linux

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T

TCP/IP in Linux

TCP/IP and IPv6 in Linux

Terminal in Linux

Title-bar in Linux

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U

Ubuntu in Linux

ulimit in Linux

Uninterruptable sleeping process in Linux

User management in Linux

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V

Vim in Linux

Virtualization in Linux

volume management in Linux

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W

Webmin in Linux

Wi-Fi in Linux

Window manager in Linux

wireshark in Linux

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X

X resource in Linux

X Window System in Linux

X11 in Linux

XFree86 in Linux

XFS in Linux

xinetd in Linux

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Y

YUM in Linux

YUM repository in Linux

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Z

ZFS in Linux

Zip in Linux

Zombie process in Linux

Others

.Xdefaults in Linux

.XF86Config in Linux

.xinit in Linux

32-bit in Linux

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