Glossary

  • API: Application program interface
  • Bash: Bourne again shell, an sh-compatible shell
  • Blockie: Blockie.org is the company developing Space.sh
  • IoT: Internet of things
  • man: manual page documenting a computer program
  • Module: a Space Module
  • POSIX: standard set of guidelines and descriptions for operating systems
  • script: a computer program written in a scripting language
  • sh: shell script file extension and shorthand for shell.
  • shell: a program that serves as interface between a computer user and the operating system
  • Space: Space.sh
  • Space.sh: set of tools and services delivered by Blockie.org
  • stderr: standard error stream
  • stdout: standard output stream
  • terminal: a computer terminal
  • UNIX: a family of operating systems derived from AT&T Unix

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