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New glossary entries and Jargon File reference (#292)
* Add glossary entries, link Jargon File
Add to the glossary the entries Break package, Briefing Blurb, Display, and Package. Link to the Jargon File.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Amoroso <[email protected]>
* Revise entries AltoLisp, Briefing Blurb, Package
Signed-off-by: Paolo Amoroso <[email protected]>
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The names “Medley,” "Interlisp-D," “Interlisp.org,” “Common Lisp,” etc. are often used in confusing ways. We’re talking about a lot of different things that evolved over decades. These are cemented in by usage in different publications over time. We hope this glossary of terms will help.
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For general computer terminology and lore see [The Hacker's Dictionary](https://www.dourish.com/goodies/jargon.html) aka Jargon File.
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## Vocabulary and relationships
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AltoLisp
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: An (unsuccessful) attempt to build a Lisp-based OS for running Interlisp on an Alto.
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: An experimental microcoded implementation of Interlisp on an Alto personal computer.
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Break package
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: The Interlisp subsystem that comprises the debugger (also known as break window) and other debugging facilities. Named after the `BREAK` function and breakpoints.
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Briefing Blurb
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: One of the several documents that introduced Xerox PARC newcomers to the computing and network environment of the Computer Science Laboratory. Written in an upbeat style, their titles followed a pattern that included the expression "Briefing Blurb" such as *The Alto-Dolphin-Dorado Briefing Blurb: Exploring the Ethernet with Mouse and Keyboard* and *The Briefing Blurb: Exploring the Ethernet with Mouse and Keyboard*.
: Named releases of Interlisp-D. All are obsolete except Medley.
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Dfasl
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: A compiled form of Medley Interlisp files with the extension ".dfasl".
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Display
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: Denotes a program or system with a Graphical User Interface or a full screen character interface, as opposed to a line oriented interface like a teletype. In expressions like "display oriented editor" or "display editor".
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DLISP
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: By Warren Teitelman: a first attempt at building a “Display” (GUI) with Interlisp running on MAXC (a PDP-10 clone) connected by Ethernet to a Xerox Alto acting
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as a graphics terminal.
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Sun Microsystems SPARC processor workstation, initially developed by
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Fuji Xerox. Subsequently ported to little-endian processors and other operating systems.
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Package
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: The term Package has several different meanings depending on the context:
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- Informally, a collection of utilities or submodule in Interlisp (the "break package", q.v.; the "file package", a facility for managing code changes; the "record package", a record data type; and so on)
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- A feature of Commmon Lisp symbol support; the package system allows the combining of Interlisp symbols (written with `IL:` prefix) and Common Lisp symbols (written with a `LISP:` prefix).
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