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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +Order: 60 |
| 3 | +xref: jargon-buster |
| 4 | +Title: Jargon Buster |
| 5 | +Description: A reference guide on the jargon and acronyms used in our documentation. |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +While a goal for our documentation is clarity we recognize that as Engineers and technical users of our software, we speak and write in a manner that may not always be as clear to others as we would like. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +One of our goals for writing documentation, is clarity. As we update our documentation we strive to bring clarity to it. But this is a work in-progress. We recognize that jargon and acronyms can cause confusion, misunderstanding and act as a barrier for those who are getting started with our software. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +This guide aims to define the common jargon and acronyms used in our documentation. It contains both Chocolatey specific, and more general computer jargon and acronyms. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +If you feel a definition is missing, unclear or could be better, please raise an issue on our [Documentation GitHub repository](https://github.com/chocolatey/docs). |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## Jargon Busted. Acronyms Defined. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +### A |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +* **AV**. Shorthand term for 'antivirus'. Commonly used in phrases such as 'AV software' or 'AV detections'. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +### C |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +* **CCM**. A shorthand term for [Chocolatey Central Management](xref:central-management). |
| 25 | +* **CCR**. Shorthands for [Chocolatey Community Repository](https://community.chocolatey.org). This is the repository that hosts community maintained Chocolatey packages. |
| 26 | +* **Central Management**. Another shorthand terms used to mean [Chocolatey Central Management](xref:central-management). |
| 27 | +* **choco**. This is a commonly used shorthand term for [Chocolatey CLI](aref:choco) or more specifically, the Chocolatey CLI command run from the command line. For example, to install a package you would use `choco install <PACKAGE>`. |
| 28 | +* **Chocolatey**. This is another commonly used term to refer to [Chocolatey CLI](xref:choco). It is also commonly used to refer to the Chocolatey suite of products as a whole. We now try to be clearer by referring to Chocolatey CLI specifically when we need to. |
| 29 | +* **CLI**. This is shorthand for [Command Line Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface) and refers to interacting with an application from a terminal by typing commands. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +### N |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +* **NuGet**. Refers to the tool and framework used to install [NuGet packages](https://nuget.org). The Chocolatey packaging framework is based on the NuGet packaging framework. |
| 34 | +* **nupkg**. A Chocolatey package file has the extension `nupkg` and this is a shorthand term referring to the package file. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +### V |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +* **VT**. Shorthand for [VirusTotal](https://virustotal.com). See the definition for VirusTotal. |
| 39 | +* **VirusTotal**. A service that scans submitted files against over [70 antivirus scanners and URL / blocklisting services](https://support.virustotal.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002126889-How-it-works). The [VirusTotal](https://virustotal.com) results for each Chocolatey Community Repository package are shown under the Virus Scan Results section. |
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