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== A == | == A == | ||
* ACE -- Access Control Entry | * ACE -- Access Control Entry | ||
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* FSD -- File System Driver | * FSD -- File System Driver | ||
* FsRtl -- File System Run-Time Library (Kernel API) | * FsRtl -- File System Run-Time Library (Kernel API) | ||
+ | * FUS -- Fast User Switching | ||
== G == | == G == | ||
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== H == | == H == | ||
− | * HAL -- Hardware Abstraction Layer | + | * HAL -- [[Hardware Abstraction Layer]] |
== I == | == I == | ||
* InBV -- Initialization Boot Video | * InBV -- Initialization Boot Video | ||
* Io -- Input/Output Manager (Kernel API) | * Io -- Input/Output Manager (Kernel API) | ||
− | * IRP -- I/O Request Packets, kernel mode data structures describing I/O requests; used by Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows NT device drivers to communicate with each other and the OS | + | * IRP -- I/O Request Packets, kernel-mode data structures describing I/O requests; used by Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows NT device drivers to communicate with each other and the OS |
* ISR -- Interrupt Service Routine | * ISR -- Interrupt Service Routine | ||
* IST -- Interrupt Service Table | * IST -- Interrupt Service Table | ||
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== M == | == M == | ||
* MCB -- Map Control Block | * MCB -- Map Control Block | ||
+ | * MDL -- Memory Descriptor List | ||
* MFT -- Master File Table (NTFS file system) | * MFT -- Master File Table (NTFS file system) | ||
* MFT -- Media Foundation Transform | * MFT -- Media Foundation Transform | ||
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* PFN -- Page Frame Number | * PFN -- Page Frame Number | ||
* Po -- Power Management (Kernel API) | * Po -- Power Management (Kernel API) | ||
− | * | + | * PPPoE -- Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet, network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames inside ethernet frames. |
* Ps -- Process Management (Kernel API) | * Ps -- Process Management (Kernel API) | ||
* PSDK -- Platform Software Development Kit | * PSDK -- Platform Software Development Kit | ||
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* SMB -- Server Message Block - a network file sharing protocol commonly used by Microsoft Windows systems | * SMB -- Server Message Block - a network file sharing protocol commonly used by Microsoft Windows systems | ||
* SMSS -- Session Manager SubSystem | * SMSS -- Session Manager SubSystem | ||
− | * SRW -- Slim Reader/Writer - type of lock added in Windows 7+ | + | * SRW -- Slim Reader/Writer - a type of lock added in Windows 7+ |
* SVN -- Subversion | * SVN -- Subversion | ||
* SxS -- Side-by-Side Assembly | * SxS -- Side-by-Side Assembly | ||
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== V == | == V == | ||
* VACB -- Virtual Address Control Block | * VACB -- Virtual Address Control Block | ||
+ | * VAD -- Virtual Address Descriptor | ||
* VDM -- Virtual DOS Machine (Kernel API) | * VDM -- Virtual DOS Machine (Kernel API) | ||
* VM -- Virtual Machine | * VM -- Virtual Machine | ||
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== X == | == X == | ||
* xHCI -- Extensible Host Controller Interface (USB 3.x) | * xHCI -- Extensible Host Controller Interface (USB 3.x) | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == |
Latest revision as of 17:11, 10 May 2021
Contents
A
- ACE -- Access Control Entry
- ACL -- Access Control List
- AFD -- Ancillary Function Driver (for WinSock)
- APC -- Asynchronous Procedure Call
- API -- Application Programming Interface
- ARM3 -- Alternative ReactOS Memory Management Module
- ARWINSS -- Alternative ReactOS Win32 Subsystem
- ATL -- Active Template Library
B
- BCB -- Buffer Control Block
- BiDi -- Bidirectional text, the ability to print from right to left, needed for certain languages.
- Bpp -- Bits per pixel
C
- Cc -- Cache Controller (Kernel API)
- CM -- Configuration Manager (Kernel API)
- COM -- Component Object Model
- CONSRV -- Console (User-mode) Server
- CPL -- Control Panel
- CRT -- C Run-Time Library
- CSRSS -- Client-Server Runtime SubSystem (User mode Windows Subsystem Server)
D
- DACL -- Discretionary Access Control List
- DC -- Display Context
- DCE -- Display Context Entry, Distributed Computing Environment
- DDB -- Device Dependent Bitmap
- DDK -- Driver Development Kit
- DFS -- Distributed File System
- DHCP -- Domain Host Configuration Protocol, one of two main ways of discovering an Internet connection.
- DIB -- Device Independent Bitmap
- DLL -- Dynamic Link Library
- DPC -- Deferred Procedure Call
- DPH -- Debug Page Heap
- DXTn -- DirectX Texture compression
E
- EHCI -- Enhanced Host Controller Interface (USB 2.x)
- Ex -- Executive (Kernel API)
F
- FDO -- Functional Device Object
- FS -- File System
- FSD -- File System Driver
- FsRtl -- File System Run-Time Library (Kernel API)
- FUS -- Fast User Switching
G
- GDI -- Graphics Device Interface
H
- HAL -- Hardware Abstraction Layer
I
- InBV -- Initialization Boot Video
- Io -- Input/Output Manager (Kernel API)
- IRP -- I/O Request Packets, kernel-mode data structures describing I/O requests; used by Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows NT device drivers to communicate with each other and the OS
- ISR -- Interrupt Service Routine
- IST -- Interrupt Service Table
K
- KD -- Kernel Debugger
- KDBG -- Kernel DeBugger (Built-in into ReactOS Kernel)
- KS -- Kernel Streaming
L
- LDR -- Loader, PE image loader support functions
- LPC -- Local Procedure Call (Kernel API)
- LwIP -- Lightweight Internet Protocol
M
- MCB -- Map Control Block
- MDL -- Memory Descriptor List
- MFT -- Master File Table (NTFS file system)
- MFT -- Media Foundation Transform
- Mm -- Memory Manager (Kernel API)
- MUI -- Multilingual User Interface
- MUP -- Multiple UNC Provider driver
N
- NDK -- Native Development Kit
- NLS -- National Language Support
- NMI -- Non Maskable Interrupts
- NPFS -- Named Pipe File System
O
- Ob -- Object Manager (Kernel API)
- OHCI -- Open Host Controller Interface (Non-Intel USB 1.x, can also mean Firewire)
P
- PAE -- Physical Address Extension
- PDO -- Physical Device Object
- PFN -- Page Frame Number
- Po -- Power Management (Kernel API)
- PPPoE -- Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet, network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames inside ethernet frames.
- Ps -- Process Management (Kernel API)
- PSDK -- Platform Software Development Kit
- PSEH -- Portable Structured Exception Handling
- PTE -- Page Table Entry
R
- RDBSS -- Redirected Drive Buffering Subsystem
- RosBE -- ReactOS Build Environment
- RPC -- Remote Procedure Call
- RTL -- Run-Time Library (Kernel API)
- RVA -- Relative Virtual Address
- RXCE -- Redirector file system Connection Engine - a series of redirectors used by RDBSS
S
- SACL -- System Access Control List
- SAL -- Source Annotation Language, Standard Annotation Language
- SDK -- Software Development Kit
- Se -- Security Reference Monitor (Kernel API)
- SEH -- Structured Exception Handling
- SMB -- Server Message Block - a network file sharing protocol commonly used by Microsoft Windows systems
- SMSS -- Session Manager SubSystem
- SRW -- Slim Reader/Writer - a type of lock added in Windows 7+
- SVN -- Subversion
- SxS -- Side-by-Side Assembly
T
- TS -- Terminal Server
U
- UHCI -- Universal Host Controller Interface (Intel's USB 1.x standard)
- UNC -- Universal Naming Convention
V
- VACB -- Virtual Address Control Block
- VAD -- Virtual Address Descriptor
- VDM -- Virtual DOS Machine (Kernel API)
- VM -- Virtual Machine
W
- WDM -- Windows Driver Model
- Win32k -- Kernel-mode Windows Subsystem Server (a kernel-mode driver)
- WIP -- Work in progress
- WMI -- Windows Management Instrumentation (Kernel API)
X
- xHCI -- Extensible Host Controller Interface (USB 3.x)