{"id":123280,"date":"2023-04-26T21:05:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=123280"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:02:44","slug":"linux-administration-glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/linux-administration-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Administration Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Important definitions and terminologies used in Linux Administration<\/p>\n\n\n

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A<\/a>B<\/a>C<\/a>D<\/a>E<\/a>F<\/a>G<\/a>H<\/a>I<\/a>J<\/a>K<\/a>L<\/a>M<\/a>N<\/a>O<\/a>P<\/a>Q<\/a>R<\/a>S<\/a>T<\/a>U<\/a>V<\/a>W<\/a>X<\/a>Y<\/a>Z<\/a>Others<\/a><\/p>\n

A<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Access permissions in Linux<\/p>\n

ACL in Linux<\/p>\n

Apache in Linux<\/p>\n

Apache Web Server in Linux<\/p>\n

ARP in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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B<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Background process in Linux<\/p>\n

Backup in Linux<\/p>\n

Bash in Linux<\/p>\n

BASH shell in Linux<\/p>\n

BASH shell variables, commands and scripting in Linux<\/p>\n

BOOTP in Linux<\/p>\n

Bridge in Linux<\/p>\n

Broadcast in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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C<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Child in Linux<\/p>\n

Chipset in Linux<\/p>\n

chroot in Linux<\/p>\n

Config modes in Linux<\/p>\n

CPU in Linux<\/p>\n

Cron in Linux<\/p>\n

Crontab in Linux<\/p>\n

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D<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

df in Linux<\/p>\n

DHCP in Linux<\/p>\n

Dial-up in Linux<\/p>\n

Disk partitioning in Linux<\/p>\n

Display Manager in Linux<\/p>\n

DNS in Linux<\/p>\n

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E<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Encryption in Linux<\/p>\n

Ethernet in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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F<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

File system in Linux<\/p>\n

Firewall in Linux<\/p>\n

Foreground process in Linux<\/p>\n

FTP in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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G<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Getty in Linux<\/p>\n

GNOME in Linux<\/p>\n

GPG in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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H<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hardening in Linux<\/p>\n

Host Table in Linux<\/p>\n

HTTP in Linux<\/p>\n

HTTPS in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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I<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

IMAP in Linux<\/p>\n

inetd in Linux<\/p>\n

init in Linux<\/p>\n

Interface in Linux<\/p>\n

Interrupt in Linux<\/p>\n

IP in Linux<\/p>\n

IP address in Linux<\/p>\n

Iptables in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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J<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Java in Linux<\/p>\n

Journald in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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K<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

KDE in Linux<\/p>\n

Kernel in Linux<\/p>\n

Kernel building in Linux<\/p>\n

Kernel patching in Linux<\/p>\n

Key in Linux<\/p>\n

KVM in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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L<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

LAMP in Linux<\/p>\n

LDAP in Linux<\/p>\n

Linux booting in Linux<\/p>\n

Linux core in Linux<\/p>\n

logging in Linux<\/p>\n

Logical link in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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M<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

MBR in Linux<\/p>\n

Modules in Linux<\/p>\n

Mount in Linux<\/p>\n

MySQL in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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N<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

nessus in Linux<\/p>\n

Netfilter in Linux<\/p>\n

Netmask in Linux<\/p>\n

Netstat in Linux<\/p>\n

Network File System in Linux<\/p>\n

network interface in Linux<\/p>\n

Networking in Linux<\/p>\n

NFS in Linux<\/p>\n

Nginx in Linux<\/p>\n

NIS in Linux<\/p>\n

Nmap in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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O<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

OpenLDAP in Linux<\/p>\n

OpenSSH in Linux<\/p>\n

OSS in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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P<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Package manager in Linux<\/p>\n

PAM in Linux<\/p>\n

Panel in Linux<\/p>\n

Parent in Linux<\/p>\n

Partition in Linux<\/p>\n

PHP in Linux<\/p>\n

Pipe in Linux<\/p>\n

POP in Linux<\/p>\n

PPP in Linux<\/p>\n

Printing in Linux<\/p>\n

Priority in Linux<\/p>\n

proc in Linux<\/p>\n

Process in Linux<\/p>\n

Process environment in Linux<\/p>\n

Process identification number (PID) in Linux<\/p>\n

Process state in Linux<\/p>\n

Programme source compile in Linux<\/p>\n

ps in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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Q<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

QEMU in Linux<\/p>\n

Quota in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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R<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

RAID in Linux<\/p>\n

Raster in Linux<\/p>\n

rc scripts in Linux<\/p>\n

Remote Procedure Call in Linux<\/p>\n

routes in Linux<\/p>\n

Routing in Linux<\/p>\n

RPM in Linux<\/p>\n

Rsync in Linux<\/p>\n

rsyslogd in Linux<\/p>\n

Runlevel in Linux<\/p>\n

Runlevel editor in Linux<\/p>\n

Running process in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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S<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Samba in Linux<\/p>\n

Scan rates in Linux<\/p>\n

Security in Linux<\/p>\n

SELinux in Linux<\/p>\n

SetUID in Linux<\/p>\n

Shell Editors in Linux<\/p>\n

Shell scripting in Linux<\/p>\n

Signal in Linux<\/p>\n

Sleeping process in Linux<\/p>\n

SMTP in Linux<\/p>\n

Snort in Linux<\/p>\n

Spawn in Linux<\/p>\n

SSH in Linux<\/p>\n

Stopped process in Linux<\/p>\n

Subnet in Linux<\/p>\n

Superuser in Linux<\/p>\n

Swap in Linux<\/p>\n

Swapped process in Linux<\/p>\n

SysFS in Linux<\/p>\n

System daemons in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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T<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

TCP\/IP in Linux<\/p>\n

TCP\/IP and IPv6 in Linux<\/p>\n

Terminal in Linux<\/p>\n

Title-bar in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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U<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ubuntu in Linux<\/p>\n

ulimit in Linux<\/p>\n

Uninterruptable sleeping process in Linux<\/p>\n

User management in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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V<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Vim in Linux<\/p>\n

Virtualization in Linux<\/p>\n

volume management in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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W<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Webmin in Linux<\/p>\n

Wi-Fi in Linux<\/p>\n

Window manager in Linux<\/p>\n

wireshark in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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X<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

X resource in Linux<\/p>\n

X Window System in Linux<\/p>\n

X11 in Linux<\/p>\n

XFree86 in Linux<\/p>\n

XFS in Linux<\/p>\n

xinetd in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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Y<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

YUM in Linux<\/p>\n

YUM repository in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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Z<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

ZFS in Linux<\/p>\n

Zip in Linux<\/p>\n

Zombie process in Linux<\/p>\n

Others<\/p>\n

.Xdefaults in Linux<\/p>\n

.XF86Config in Linux<\/p>\n

.xinit in Linux<\/p>\n

32-bit in Linux<\/p>\n

Go to Top<\/a><\/p>\n

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