glossary

1. Terms

GNU/Linux
An Operating System that is free software, consisting of GNU packages released by the GNU Project.
Linux
A free and open-source Kernel. Not to be confused with GNU/Linux the Operating System
Eval
Evaluate
Alloc
Allocate
Ret
Return
Val
Value
Srv
Service or Server
Pkg
Package
Err
Error
Net
Network
Lib
Library
Bin
Binary
Pod
OCI container
Std
Standard
Req
Request
Obj
Object
Proto
Protocol
Ser
Serialize
De
Deserialize
Cry
Cryptography
Syn
Syntax
Sxp
S-Expression
Cfg
Configuration

2. Acronyms

WRT
With Respect To
IFF
If and Only If
NYI
Not Yet Implemented
WIP
Work In Progress
TBD
To Be Determined
TCO
Tail-Call Optimization
GNU
GNU Not Unix
LKG
Last Known Good
RT
Regression Testing
CL
Common Lisp
EL
Emacs Lisp
VC
Version Control
CLI
Command Line Interface
GUI
Graphic User Interface
UX
User Experience
DX
Developer Experience
TLV
Type, Length, Value
FFI
Foreign Function Interface
SBCL
Steel Bank Common Lisp
NLP
Natural Language Processing
OSC
Open Sound Control
DSP
Digital Signal Processing
OS
Operating System
DB
Database
KV
Key:Value
AST
Abstract Syntax Tree
VM
Virtual Machine
TAOMOP
The Art Of The Meta Object Protocol
MOP
Meta Object Protocol
PCL
Practical Common Lisp
CLOS
Common Lisp Object System
CLIM
Common Lisp Interface Manager
LOL
Let Over Lambda
LOB
Library of Babel
PPCRE
Portable Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions