Glossary of terms
From the old Equi4 Software site wiki
- IncrTcl
object-oriented extension for Tcl, part of tclkit - see [1]
- Metakit
embedded database used as storage system for starkits - see [2]
- Scripted Document
obsolete, see "starkit"
- SD
obsolete abbreviation for "scripted document"
- SDX
Starkit Developer eXtension - a utility for creating, listing, and manipulating starkits
- Starchive
repository architecture for starkits and releases - see [3]
- Starkit
STandAlone Runtime kit, sort of like a ".jar" file containing application scripts, with compiled extensions and the runtime opionally bound in
- Starpack
Packaged Application Combined Kit - a starkit merged with a Tclkit runtime, i.e. a standalone executable which runs out of the box
- Starsync
update mechanism to efficiently propagate starkit changes - see [4]
- Tclkit
the standalone executable that makes starkits and starpacks fly - see [5]
- TclVFS
Tcl interface to the VFS core functions, part of tclkit - see [6]
- VFS
Virtual File System, a new feature in Tcl 8.4 which allows "mounting" a starkit
- Wikit
manages the web pages of this site (a starkit, of course) - see [7]
