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Title: Jargon Buster
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Description: A reference guide on the jargon and acronyms used in our documentation.
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---
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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## Jargon Busted. Acronyms Defined.
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### A
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* **AV**. Shorthand term for 'antivirus'. Commonly used in phrases such as 'AV software' or 'AV detections'.
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### C
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* **CCM**. A shorthand term for [Chocolatey Central Management](xref:central-management).
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* **CCR**. Shorthands for [Chocolatey Community Repository](https://community.chocolatey.org). This is the repository that hosts community maintained Chocolatey packages.
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* **Central Management**. Another shorthand term used to mean [Chocolatey Central Management](xref:central-management).
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* **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>`.
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* **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.
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* **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.
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### N
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* **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.
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* **nupkg**. A Chocolatey package file has the extension `nupkg` and this is a shorthand term referring to the package file.
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### V
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* **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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* **VT**. Shorthand for [VirusTotal](https://virustotal.com). See the definition for VirusTotal.

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