Glossary

Acronyms, shortenings and technical terms should appear in this glossary.

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This glossary is alphabetically ordered, and different starting letters have a heading. Please keep that ordering when you add words so it remains easy to navigate.

C

Word	Short for	Definition
COM	Committee	A group of people responsible for setting standards for a specific area throughout the project. For more information, see our page on Committees
COMSEC	Security Committee	Our committee focused around security/index.md. See the security/index.md community pages to learn more about them

L

Word	Short for	Definition
Lix		A fork of the C++ implementation of Nix, and the preferred Nix implementation to use with Aux. You can visit their website for more information, or see our page on Lix to see more things we've said about using them with Aux

S

Word	Short for	Definition
SIG	Special Interest Group	A group of people responsible for making projects and setting goals for specific areas of the project. For more information, see our page on Special Interest Groups

W

Word	Short for	Definition
WANCAIN	We Are Nice 'Cause Aux Is Nice	A principle to be nice and kind, because doing so will build the nice community that we are aspiring to be. See this forum post if you're interested in the origin of this phrase
WG	Working Group	Organized by Special Interest Groups, a temporary group for working on a specific project. May contain members from multiple special interest groups