description={the combination of a \gls{hw} device, e.g. an \gls{ic}, and computer instructions and data that reside as read only \gls{sw} on that device, it usually cannot be modified during normal operation of the device}
description={an electronic non-volatile computer storage medium (memory) that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed, next evolution of \gls{eeprom}}
description={an \Gls{unix}-like and mostly \acrshort{posix}-compliant computer \gls{os} assembled under the model of free and open-source \gls{sw} development and distribution, from the beginning maintained by Linus Torvalds},
description={a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, connected to two or more data lines from different networks}
}
\newglossaryentry{system}{
name=system,
description={a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole, observing properties not obtainable with individual components}
description={a computer program that manages \gls{io} requests from software, and translates them into data processing instructions for the central processing unit and other electronic components of a computer, being a fundamental part of a modern computer's \gls{os}}
description={a user interface for access to an \gls{os}'s services, using either \gls{cli} or \gls{gui}, depending on a computer's role and particular operation}
description={a shared boundary across which two separate components of a computer \gls{system} exchange information that can occur between \gls{sw}, computer \gls{hw}, peripheral devices, humans and combinations of these}
}
\newglossaryentry{unix}{
name=unix,
description={a family of multitaskings, multiuser computer \gls{os} that derive from the original AT\&T Unix, developed in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others}