Documentation/Maemo Documentation Guidelines/Glossary

API
Application Programming Interface, providing source code level compatibility.
ESbox
Eclipse product implementing integration between Eclipse IDE and Maemo SDK.
GUI
Graphical User Interface.
IP
Internet Protocol is a protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork.
LaTeX
is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program.
Maemo
Software platform for mobile devices developed by Nokia, based on GNU/Linux and GNOME/GTK+ technologies. It includes proprietary components to make it work on the Nokia Maemo compatible device.
maemo.org
Developer community web site maintained by Nokia, main point of reference for open source and third-party developers in general.
Mica
Maemo IDE Common Architecture, Eclipse plugin development framework used by ESbox, PluThon and other Maemo Eclipse products.
OS
Operating System or sometimes Open Source.
PluThon
Eclipse product implementing on-device Python development environment.
Scratchbox
cross-compilation toolkit designed to make embedded Linux application development easier and to cross-compile an entire Linux distribution.
SDK
Software Development Kit.
TeX
is a typesetting system that allows anybody to produce high-quality books using a reasonable amount of effort, and to provide a system that would give the exact same results on all computers.
UI
User Interface.
XML
eXtensible Markup Language.

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