Glossary

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A list of terms frequently used during the summer academy

  • ASCII
  • Botnet -
  • Character - a single letter, usually single quoted 'a', 'b', 'c'
  • Cyberfeminism -
  • Integer/int - Number, contains no decimal points, it CAN be negative.
  • IRC - Internet Relay Chat: text based chat system
  • figlet word -> visualizing a word in the Terminal
  • FLOSS
  • Free Software -
  • GNU -


  • Linux -
  • Open Source Software -
  • pipeline
  • Putti: windows version of terminal –
  • Raspberry Pi -
  • ssh access to a server -
  • split
  • String - collection/group of charaters, usually double quoted "This is a string", "abcdefg"
  • strip
  • Terminal commands:
 /home/your_name 
 ls /home -> gives a list of every folder in /hma
 every folder in -> /home
 to move around -> cd
 pwd -> terminal command
 man bash (manual)
  • TTY -

More notes here: Github