Lingo

Course Organization

• Each folder (Ex. Chapter 1 - Introduction) is a chapter. Each piece of content (Ex. 1.1 HowTo.md) is a lesson/section.
• WIP - Work In Progress. Anything marked WIP is not final and should be ignored until it is finished.
• TODO - Anything marked TODO is yet to be done. It is far from ready but is planned.

Bits and Bytes

• x64 is 64 bit.
• x32 and x86 are 32 bit.
• MB is megabyte, GB is gigabyte, etc.
• For number system prefixes and suffixes, see the prefixes lesson in 2.1 NumberSystems.

Programming Language Related

• JRE - Java Runtime Environment
• JVM - Java Virtual Machine
• CLR - Common Language Runtime (Used by .NET).
• JIT - Just In Time Compiler
• MSIL - Microsoft Intermediate Language
• IL - Intermediate Language.