Open source
Definitions related to open source, including tech terms about Linux and words and phrases about Apache and other open source software development projects.- Lex (lexical analyzer generator) - Lex is a program designed to generate scanners, also known as tokenizers, which recognize lexical patterns in text.
- LILO (LInux LOader) - LILO (LInux LOader) is a boot loader, also called a boot manager, which is a small program that facilitates a dual boot of a computer.
- Linkerd - Linkerd is an open-source network proxy developed by Buoyant to be installed as a service mesh.
- Linus Torvalds - Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, was born in Helsinki, Finland, on December 28, 1969.
- Linux kernel panic - Linux kernel panic occurs when the operating system discovers a potentially fatal error that affects the Linux kernel.
- Linux Mint - Linux Mint is a free and open source operating system (OS) distribution based on Ubuntu and Debian for use on x-86 x-64-compatible machines.
- Linux operating system - Linux is a Unix-like, open source and community-developed operating system (OS) for computers, servers, mainframes, mobile devices and embedded devices.
- Linux swappiness - Linux swappiness is the rate at which a Linux platform's kernel moves pages into and out of active memory.