SteamOS, the Glossary
SteamOS is a Linux distribution developed by Valve.[1]
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Alienware
Alienware Corporation is an American computer hardware subsidiary brand of Dell.
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that designs, develops and sells computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.
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API
An is a way for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other.
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APT (software)
Advanced package tool, or APT, is a free-software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions.
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Arch Linux
Arch Linux is an independently developed x86-64 general-purpose Linux distribution that strives to provide the latest stable versions of most software by following a rolling-release model. SteamOS and Arch Linux are Linux distributions and x86-64 Linux distributions.
Ars Technica
Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.
Battlefield (video game series)
Battlefield is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Swedish company EA DICE and is published by American company Electronic Arts.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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Chroot
chroot is an operation on Unix and Unix-like operating systems that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children.
Client–server model
The client–server model is a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients.
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Cloud gaming
Cloud gaming, sometimes called gaming on demand or game streaming, is a type of online gaming that runs video games on remote servers and streams the game's output (video, sound, etc) directly to a user's device, or more colloquially, playing a game remotely from a cloud.
CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
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Collabora
Collabora Ltd is a global private company headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, with offices in Cambridge and Montreal.
Computer and Video Games
Computer and Video Games (also known as CVG, Computer & Video Games, C&VG, Computer + Video Games, or C+VG) was a UK-based video game magazine, published in its original form between 1981 and 2004.
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Containerization (computing)
In software engineering, containerization is operating system-level virtualization or application-level virtualization over multiple network resources so that software applications can run in isolated user spaces called containers in any cloud or non-cloud environment, regardless of type or vendor.
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Creative Assembly
The Creative Assembly Limited (trade name: Creative Assembly) is a British video game developer based in Horsham, founded in 1987 by Tim Ansell.
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Debian
Debian, also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software and optionally non-free firmware or software developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. SteamOS and Debian are Linux distributions and x86-64 Linux distributions.
Desktop environment
In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphical shell.
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Destiny 2
Destiny 2 is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie.
Device driver
In the context of an operating system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton.
DICE (company)
EA Digital Illusions CE AB (trade name: DICE) is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm.
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Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.
DirectX
Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.
Doom Eternal
Doom Eternal is a 2020 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Dota 2
Dota 2 is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve.
Elden Ring
is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware.
Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store is a video game digital distribution service and storefront operated by Epic Games.
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Eurogamer
Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
Falcon Northwest
Falcon Northwest is a private company headquartered in Medford, Oregon.
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Fermi (microarchitecture)
Fermi is the codename for a graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, first released to retail in April 2010, as the successor to the Tesla microarchitecture.
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Flatpak
Flatpak is a utility for software deployment and package management for Linux.
Frame rate
Frame rate, most commonly expressed in or FPS, is typically the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) are captured or displayed.
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License.
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Gabe Newell
Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American businessman who is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation.
Game Informer
Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.
GameSpot
GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.
Gaming computer
A gaming computer, also known as a gaming PC, is a specialized personal computer designed for playing PC games at high standards.
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Gearbox Software
Gearbox Software, L.L.C is an American video game development company based in Frisco, Texas.
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GeForce 400 series
The GeForce 400 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, serving as the introduction of the Fermi microarchitecture.
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GeForce 500 series
The GeForce 500 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, as a refresh of the Fermi based GeForce 400 series.
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Gigabyte
The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
Glossary of video game terms
This is a non-comprehensive list that includes terms used in video games and the video game industry, as well as slang used by players.
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GNOME
GNOME, originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment, is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
GNU
GNU is an extensive collection of free software (394 packages), which can be used as an operating system or can be used in parts with other operating systems. SteamOS and GNU are free software operating systems.
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Handheld game console
A handheld game console, or simply handheld console, is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers.
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Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
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Hitman 3
Hitman 3 is a 2021 stealth game developed and published by IO Interactive.
Home directory
A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system.
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IGN
IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.
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Immutable object
In object-oriented (OO) and functional programming, an immutable object (unchangeable object) is an object whose state cannot be modified after it is created.
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Indie game
An indie game, short for independent video game, is a video game created by individuals or smaller development teams without the financial and technical support of a large game publisher, in contrast to most "AAA" (triple-A) games.
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
KDE Plasma
Plasma is a set of graphical shells developed by KDE for Unix-like operating systems.
KDE Plasma 5
KDE Plasma 5 is the fifth generation of the KDE Plasma graphical workspaces environment, created by KDE primarily for Linux systems.
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve.
Linus Media Group Inc. (LMG) is a privately held Canadian digital media entertainment company with a focus on technology, founded by Linus Sebastian and Yvonne Ho in 2012.
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Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. SteamOS and Linux are free software operating systems.
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and often a package management system. SteamOS and Linux distribution are Linux distributions.
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Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is a free and open source, UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide.
List of AMD processors
This article gives a list of AMD microprocessors, sorted by generation and release year.
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List of Intel processors
This generational list of Intel processors attempts to present all of Intel's processors from the 4-bit 4004 (1971) to the present high-end offerings.
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Local area network
A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.
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Markus Alexej Persson (born 1 June 1979), also known as "Notch", is a Swedish video game programmer and designer.
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Metro: Last Light
Metro: Last Light is a 2013 first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
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Mike Bithell
Michael Bithell is a British video game designer, developer, and podcaster best known for his work on Thomas Was Alone and Volume.
Minecraft
Minecraft is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios.
Mobile game
A mobile game is a video game that is typically played on a mobile phone.
Monolithic kernel
A monolithic kernel is an operating system architecture with the entire operating system running in kernel space.
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Nvidia
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
Nvidia GameWorks
Nvidia GameWorks is a middleware software suite developed by Nvidia.
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Open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution.
Open Source Summit
Open Source Summit (formerly LinuxCon) is a name for a series of annual conventions organized each year since 2009 by the Linux Foundation.
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Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
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OpenGL
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
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OptiX
Nvidia OptiX (OptiX Application Acceleration Engine) is a ray tracing API that was first developed around 2009.
Origin PC
Origin PC Corp. is a custom personal computer manufacturing company located in Miami, Florida.
Package manager
A package manager or package-management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner.
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PC Gamer
PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.
PCMag
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
Peripheral
A peripheral device, or simply peripheral, is an auxiliary hardware device that a computer uses to transfer information externally.
Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.
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Phoronix Test Suite
Phoronix Test Suite (PTS) is a free and open-source benchmark software for Linux and other operating systems.
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PhysX
PhysX is an open-source realtime physics engine middleware SDK developed by Nvidia as a part of Nvidia GameWorks software suite.
Polygon (website)
Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.
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Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.
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Proton (software)
Proton is a compatibility layer for Windows games to run on Linux-based operating systems. SteamOS and Proton (software) are steam (service).
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Radeon
Radeon is a brand of computer products, including graphics processing units, random-access memory, RAM disk software, and solid-state drives, produced by Radeon Technologies Group, a division of AMD.
Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
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Randy Pitchford
Randy Pitchford is an American businessman.
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Richard Stallman
Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials, rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer.
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Server (computing)
A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on computer network.
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Shacknews
Shacknews is a website that hosts news, features, editorial content and forums relating to video games.
Source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language.
Steam (service)
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve.
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Steam Controller
The Steam Controller is a discontinued game controller developed by Valve for use with personal computers running Steam on Windows, macOS, Linux, smartphones or SteamOS. SteamOS and Steam Controller are steam (service).
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Steam Deck
The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer developed by Valve and released on February 25, 2022. SteamOS and Steam Deck are steam (service).
Steam Link
Steam Link is a hardware and software product developed by Valve Corporation for streaming Steam content from a personal computer or Steam Machine wirelessly to a mobile device or other monitor. SteamOS and Steam Link are steam (service).
Superuser
In computing, the superuser is a special user account used for system administration.
TechRadar
TechRadar is an online publication owned by Future plc and focused on technology.
Thomas Was Alone
Thomas Was Alone is a puzzle-platform game created by Mike Bithell, originally released as a Flash-based browser game in October 2010.
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Total War (video game series)
Total War is a series of strategy games developed by British developer Creative Assembly for personal computers.
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UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI, or as an acronym) is a specification that defines the architecture of the platform firmware used for booting the computer hardware and its interface for interaction with the operating system.
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Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.
USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.
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User interface
In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur.
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Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
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VentureBeat
VentureBeat is an American technology website headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Video game console
A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller.
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Video games and Linux
Linux-based operating systems can be used for playing video games.
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Windows 10
Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
X86-64
x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first announced in 1999.
ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
See also
2022 software
- 2022 video games
- Android 13
- Arc (web browser)
- BiSheng compiler
- Bun (software)
- CLever Audio Plug-in
- Character.ai
- ChatGPT
- DreamBooth
- Gas (app)
- Gato (DeepMind)
- Hvigor
- IOS 16
- Kwangya Club
- LangChain
- MacOS Ventura
- Midjourney
- PaLM
- Perplexity.ai
- ReelShort
- SM Town Meta-Passport
- Skiff (email service)
- Stable Diffusion
- SteamOS
- Ukraine Siren Alerts
- Unreal Engine 5
- Waitroom
- Whisper (speech recognition system)
- Windows Media Player (2022)
Arch-based Linux distributions
- Antergos
- ArchBang
- ArchLabs
- ArchOne
- ArkOS
- Artix Linux
- Asahi Linux
- Chakra (operating system)
- EndeavourOS
- Garuda Linux
- Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
- LinHES
- Manjaro
- Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
- SteamOS
- SystemRescue
Steam (service)
- Proton (software)
- Steam (service)
- Steam Controller
- Steam Deck
- Steam Link
- Steam Machine (computer)
- Steam Spy
- Steam Trading Cards
- SteamOS
- The Steam Awards
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SteamOS
Also known as Steam OS, SteamOS 3, SteamOS 3.0.
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