Promo/Guidance/GlossaryOfTerms

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User Glossary

KDE – the community of contributors and users of KDE Software
KDE software – the software created by the KDE community, including applications, workspaces, and development platform
KDE applications – the applications built on the KDE on the platform
Software Compilation – the applications, workspaces and development framework which adheres to a centralized bi-annual release schedule
Activity – ???
Widget – Micro applications that are always running directly on the desktop, the panel or on the dashboard
Dashboard -
Plasma – the name of the team that creates workspaces targeted at different devices.
Plasma Active - ??? an extension of Plasma that is focused on customized/scalable user experiences for all devices ???
Plasma Mobile – a KDE workspace customized for mobile devices
Plasma Netbook – a KDE workspace customized for netbook devices
Plasma Desktop – a Kde workspace customized for desktop devices
Planet KDE – a web site which aggregates the blog postings of all contributors to the KDE community
Panel – an area within a Plasma workspace which is attached to an edge of your screen and which contains widgets
Cashew – see Desktop Toolbox
Desktop Toolbox – a tool for controlling to your Plasma workspace which grants access to configuration options and allows for adding widgets and panels
Sprint – a detailed, focused working meeting where members of a KDE team meet in person to address a defined agenda (andkjw you getj drunzdk)

Get Hot New Stuff – a web service that allows users to easily download and manage new content for KDE software such wallpapers, themes, application add-ons, etc.

Krunner – a swiss army knife widget which allows quick access to a wide variety of functionality including application launching, searching, and calculations
Kmenu (see application launcher)
K button (see application launcher)
Application Launcher – a widget which provides easy access to launching applications and the contents of your computer
Akademy
Camp KDE
Desktop Summit

Contributor glossary

KDE libs
KDE platform
KDE development framework
KDE base
Oxygen
Akonadi
Strigi
Nepomuk
Virtuoso
Soprano
Phonon (mention xine/vlc)
Plasmoid
Solid
Kio
Qt
Qt Quick
QML
Code of Conduct
Gluon
Extragear
Playground
Blackhole (maybe something else now?)
KDE review
Kgethotnewstuff
open collaboration services