The project name is pronounced Deb'-ee-en, with a short e in Deb, and emphasis on the first syllable. This word is a contraction of the names of Debra and Ian Murdock, who founded the project. (Dictionaries seem to offer some ambiguity in the pronunciation of Ian (!), but Ian prefers ee'-en.)

Many people pronounce this word incorrectly the first time they see it. But to hear it correctly, say the words "Little I Go." Then replace the first "L" with a "V" - giving you "Vittle I Go." Run the words together and you have the correct pronunciation. See similar questions...

Here a "hack" is a clever shortcut or a lesser-known, faster way to get something done. A hacker believes that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is a hacker's duty to share her expertise—so we will. See similar questions...

The word Karate is also formed by two characters, the first one kara (empty) and the other te (hand), the first one having many ways of defining it. The first definition is the least subtle and the most straightforward, through the practice of karate, self defense techniques are learnt, where no weapons are needed, other than hands, feet or other parts of the body. See similar questions...

Pronounced "shee - clay", Gicl?e is a French word meaning "spray" and, in this case, refers to the inkjet method of applying ink. See similar questions...

Rêve de Dragon (literally, "dream of the dragon") is the name of the French oneiric ("of or pertaining to dream") fantasy role-playing game which we've translated somewhat more loosely and poetically as "the Dream Ouroboros". We liked the imagery of the wyrm biting its tail both as a symbol of the reincarnation system inherent to the game and of the endless and open-ended nature of role-playing games in general. See similar questions...

Do you know another meaning for the word Watin, send me a link to a dictionary or other website which explains it and I will add it here. See similar questions...

quot;Geothermal" comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat). So, geothermal means earth heat. See similar questions...

Dooce is a typo of dude, or dooooode!, one that I often made over and over again when having Instant Message conversations with co-workers. Some experts will tell you that it means "getting fired for something you've written on your website," but what it really means is CANNOT RESIST THE CAPS-LOCK KEY. See similar questions...

The word “yoga” means “union” in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India where yoga originated over 5000 years ago. That “union” usually refers to the union of mind, body and spirit that can occur through yoga practice. See similar questions...

Iditarod is believed to come from an Athabaskan Indian word pronounced "Hi-dit-a-rod." There are many translations for this word, but the most widely accepted meaning is "a distant or far off place." The Iditarod River was the site of one of the last major gold strikes in Alaska in the early 20th century. See similar questions...

The original Lyceum was the grove in Athens where Aristotle taught. Since Aristotle's time the word has come to mean either a hall where public lectures or discussions are held, or an organization that presents public lectures, concerts and other cultural events. For information on Alexandria's Lyceum, go to our Lyceum home page. See similar questions...

Ecks Eff See Eee. The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, but since then, Xfce was rewritten twice and doesn't use XForms toolkit anymore. The name survived, but is no longer capitalized as "XFce" , but "Xfce". Currently the acronym doesn't stand for anything. (Suggestion: X Freakin' Cool Environment) See similar questions...

My first explanation for this name is that all the good domain names were taken by 1997. The second explanation is that "Technovelgy" is a combination of the words "technology" and "novel." The word "novel" can refer to a book; it can also refer to something new or unique. And aren't science fiction novels filled with fictional ideas and technologies that are new and unique? So, there you go. See similar questions...

The maker of the medication pronounces it like this: con- sert -a, with the "sert" syllable sounding like the second syllable of the English word "concert". See similar questions...

Currently, Debian is only available for Linux, but with Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian on BSD kernels, we have started to offer non-Linux-based OSes as a development, server and desktop platform, too. However, these non-linux ports are not officially released yet. The Hurd is a set of servers running on top of the GNU Mach microkernel. Together they build the base for the GNU operating system. Please see http://www.gnu. See similar questions...

Debian GNU/Linux is distributed with keymaps for nearly two dozen keyboards, and with utilities (in the kbd package) to install, view, and modify the tables. Vast majority of the software we packaged supports entering non-US-ASCII characters used in other Latin languages (e.g. ISO-8859-1 or ISO-8859-2), and a number of programs support multi-byte languages such as Japanese or Chinese. See similar questions...