*[LLaVA]: Large Language and Vision Assistant (multimodal AI model)
*[LLMs]: Large Language Models (AI models such as ChatGPT)
*[LUKS]: Linux Unified Key Setup (Full-Disk Encryption)
*[MAC]: Media Access Control
*[MDAG]: Microsoft Defender Application Guard
*[MEID]: Mobile Equipment Identifier
*[MFA]: Multi-Factor Authentication
*[NVMe]: Nonvolatile Memory Express
*[NAT]: Network address translation
*[NAT-PMP]: NAT Port Mapping Protocol
*[NTP]: Network Time Protocol
*[Nunavut]: The largest and northernmost territory of Canada
*[OCI]: Open Container Initiative
*[OCSP]: Online Certificate Status Protocol
*[OEM]: Original Equipment Manufacturer
*[OEMs]: Original Equipment Manufacturers
*[open-weights]: An open weights-model is an AI model that anyone can download and use, but for which the underlying training data and/or algorithms are proprietary.
*[OS]: Operating System
*[OTP]: One-Time Password
*[OTPs]: One-Time Passwords
*[OpenPGP]: Open-source implementation of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
*[P2P]: Peer-to-Peer
*[PAM]: Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules
*[POP3]: Post Office Protocol 3
*[PGP]: Pretty Good Privacy (see OpenPGP)
*[PII]: Personally Identifiable Information
*[QNAME]: Qualified Name
*[QUIC]: A network protocol based on UDP, but aiming to combine the speed of UDP with the reliability of TCP.
*[rate limits]: Rate limits are restrictions that a service imposes on the number of times a user can access their services within a specified period of time.
*[rolling release]: Updates which are released frequently rather than set intervals
*[RSS]: Really Simple Syndication
*[SELinux]: Security-Enhanced Linux
*[SIM]: Subscriber Identity Module
*[SMS]: Short Message Service (standard text messaging)
*[SMTP]: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
*[SNI]: Server Name Indication
*[SSD]: Solid-State Drive
*[SSH]: Secure Shell
*[SUID]: Set Owner User ID
*[SaaS]: Software as a Service (cloud software)
*[SoC]: System on Chip
*[SSO]: Single sign-on
*[system prompt]: The system prompt of an AI chat is the general instructions given by a human to guide how it should operate.
*[temperature]: AI temperature is a parameter used in AI models to control the level of randomness and creativity in the generated text.