.. _glossary:

========
Glossary
========

.. glossary::
    :sorted:

    NetworkManager
        This tool has managed to be the de-facto `network configuration`__
        tool in the last years on the Linux desktop. Almost all modern
        Linux distros rely on it.

        __ http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/

    ModemManager
        `An API defined`__ between the NetworkManager and Wader project to
        communicate with mobile broadband (GSM, CDMA, UMTS, ...) cards. It
        implements a loadable plugin interface to add work-arounds for non
        standard devices.

        __ http://trac.warp.es/wader/wiki/WhatsModemManager

    MNC
        `Mobile Network Code`__ uniquely identifies an operator.

        __ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Network_Code

    DBus
        `A message bus system`__, a simple way for applications to talk to one
        another. It has replaced similar technologies such as Bonobo (Gnome)
        or DCOP (KDE).

        __ http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus

    udev
        udev is the device manager for the Linux 2.6 kernel series. It is the
        successor of devfs and hotplug, which means that it handles the /dev
        directory and all user space actions when adding/removing devices,
        including firmware load.

    UUID
        `Universally unique identifier`__.

        __ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_Unique_Identifier

