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Glossary: Glossary of common terms
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Ian Darwin

UNIX

by Ian Darwin - Friday, 4 March 2005, 6:19 AM
 
UNIX is a computer operating system that originated around 1970 at Bell Laboratories and has been in continuous use and development since.
Linux is a rewrite of UNIX, whereas FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris, among others, are descendants of the original UNIX implementation.

Today UNIX and Linux run the majority of servers and other "infrastructure" on the Internet, but is also used on a lot of desktop systems (including Mac OS X, the #2 best-selling commercial operating system in the world).
Martin Dougiamas

upload

by Martin Dougiamas - Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 2:19 PM
 
To move your files from a personal computer "up" to a server. Also see FTP and download.
Martin Dougiamas

URL

by Martin Dougiamas - Monday, 3 November 2003, 1:04 AM
 

A Uniform Resource Locator is the address that is used to reach a website. For example, http://moodle.org/
Martin Dougiamas

Usability

by Martin Dougiamas - Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 7:28 PM
 
The effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction with which users can achieve tasks in a particular environment of a product. High usability means a system is: easy to learn and remember; efficient, visually pleasing and fun to use; and quick to recover from errors.

With software, the usability is very dependent on the interface.
David Mudrák

UTSL

by David Mudrák - Thursday, 27 November 2014, 3:18 AM
 
"Use The Source, Luke". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTSL
James Irwin

UTT

by James Irwin - Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 1:20 AM
 
UTT is a forum term and is an abbreviation of Undescriptive Thread Title.

Examples of this could be "hey guys" or "funny pic".