Re: When users want jargon

Subject: Re: When users want jargon
From: Sandy Harris <pashley -at- storm -dot- ca>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 21:40:21 -0400


Rebecca Downey wrote:

> When the jargon gets too deep (cryptographic terms for example), I include
> them in the glossary and try to use them in the manual in a way that their
> meaning is fairly easy to decipher.

A crypto glossary I wrote is at:
http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_snaps/CURRENT-SNAP/doc/glossary.html

It includes links to several others.

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