Abbreviations
Expansions for acronyms and technical terms used across Colibri wikis. When a new term enters a wiki page, add it here so the next reader doesn’t have to search.
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Protocols and formats
Razdelek z naslovom „Protocols and formats”| Term | Stands for | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|
| A2A | Agent-to-Agent | Future protocol for direct agent↔agent communication |
| API | Application Programming Interface | How code talks to code — REST, gRPC, or MCP |
| gRPC | gRPC Remote Procedure Call | HTTP/2-based RPC — used for high-throughput service calls |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language | Web page structure — dashboard is HTML |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol | The web’s request/response protocol |
| HTTPS | HTTP Secure | HTTP over TLS — encrypted web traffic |
| IPC | Inter-Process Communication | Pipes, sockets, shared memory — how daemon↔agent talk |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation | Human-readable data format — used for MCP messages, configs |
| JSONB | JSON Binary | PostgreSQL column type for indexed JSON queries |
| JSONL | JSON Lines | One JSON object per line — used for streaming and logs |
| JWT | JSON Web Token | Signed auth token — Forgejo LFS/OAuth secrets are JWT signing keys |
| GGUF | GPT-Generated Unified Format | Quantized model format for llama.cpp — portable, single-file, versioned |
| GZ | gzip | Compression format — .tar.gz/.gz; forge backup dumps and repo archives use it |
| LFS | Large File Storage | Git extension for big binaries — pointer files + object store on forge |
| MCP | Model Context Protocol | JSON-RPC over stdio/SSH — how tools talk to models |
| OOM | Out Of Memory | Kernel kills the biggest process when RAM runs out — watch on migrations |
| TBD | To Be Determined | Marks an unfilled fact in docs — fill by PR after executing, never guess |
| OSC | Operating System Command | Terminal escape family; OSC-52 lets an app set the host clipboard |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call | Calling a function on another machine |
| SIGTSTP | Signal: Terminal Stop | POSIX signal (Ctrl-Z) — tmux safety skill intercepts SIGTSTP to prevent agent suspension |
| SSH | Secure Shell | Encrypted remote terminal + forced-command bridge |
| TAR | Tape ARchive | Archive format (.tar) — combined with gzip for forge backup/volume dumps |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol | Reliable ordered byte stream — sits under SSH, HTTP, gRPC |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security | Encryption layer under HTTPS, SMTPS, LDAPS |
| TOML | Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language | Config file format — used for Cargo.toml, colibri manifests |
| TTY | Teletypewriter | Terminal device interface — signal handling uses TTY signals |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator | Web address — used for linking to docs, dashboards, APIs |
| USD | United States Dollar | Currency unit for cost tracking — all costs in USD |
| UUID | Universally Unique Identifier | 128-bit ID that won’t collide — used for machine-id, tasks |
| WAL | Write-Ahead Log | PostgreSQL durability mechanism — data written to log first |
| YAML | YAML Ain’t Markup Language | Config format — CI workflows use .yml |
| ZIP | Zip (archive format) | Compression/archive format — Forgejo’s “Download source archive” links |
Infrastructure
Razdelek z naslovom „Infrastructure”| Term | Stands for | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|
| ACME | Automatic Certificate Management Environment | Lets Encrypt protocol — certbot uses it for HTTPS |
| BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution | The Unix family FreeBSD belongs to |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit | The main processor — probed by system-probe |
| DNS | Domain Name System | Resolves hostnames → IPs, including Tailscale MagicDNS |
| GC | Garbage Collection | Automatic memory reclamation — Go’s GC thrashing under a tight cgroup limit was the forge’s 80s-page incident signature |
| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit | Required for local LLM inference and Blender |
| IMG | Raw Disk Image (.img) | The Clawdie operator USB format — a raw disk image, dd/flash-written. Not ISO 9660. Prose calls it an “img”. |
| IP | Internet Protocol | Network addressing — every node has a Tailscale IP |
| ISO | ISO 9660 Optical Filesystem Image | Optical CD/DVD format — the mfsbsd installer and VPS build. The Clawdie USB is an IMG, not this. (“ISO 8601” = a date standard; spell that out too.) |
| MEM | Memory | docker stats’s MEM% column — the memory-ceiling half of the forge’s two-cause slow-page triage |
| PID | Process ID | Unix process identifier — the forge’s PID-exhaustion cascade hit its container pids_limit cap |
| PIDS | Process IDs (plural) | docker stats’s live-process-count column — the PID-exhaustion half of the forge’s two-cause slow-page triage |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | Lossless image format — screenshots are PNG |
| PTY | Pseudo-Terminal | Virtual terminal — Kitty, tmux, and agent I/O use PTYs |
| RAM | Random Access Memory | System memory — probed by system-probe |
| RTX | Ray Tracing Texel eXtreme | Nvidia GPU line — detected in capability probes |
| SMBIOS | System Management BIOS | Hardware info table — read by system-probe for model/serial |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus | The boot medium — the Clawdie img runs from USB |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server | A rented VM — OSA runs on one |
| VRAM | Video RAM | GPU memory — limits local LLM model size |
| XDG | X Desktop Group | Freedesktop standard for config/cache paths |
| XFCE | XForms Common Environment | Lightweight FreeBSD desktop — the operator GUI surface |
| ZFS | Zettabyte File System | Copy-on-write filesystem — RAID1 mirror, snapshots, send |
GIS / GURS (Slovenian geodata)
Razdelek z naslovom „GIS / GURS (Slovenian geodata)”The GIS/dome-planning arc (gurs-address-lookup-mcp, the GIS-INTEGRATION-PLAN
doc in clawdie-iso, docs/GLOSSARY-SL.md §1) queries Slovenian public geodata
over WFS. This section covers the English acronym expansions; Slovenian
customer-facing display labels for the same domain terms live in
GLOSSARY-SL.md §1-2 — the two are complementary, not duplicates.
| Term | Stands for | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|
| CRS | Coordinate Reference System | Which coordinate space a value is in (e.g. EPSG:4326 vs EPSG:3794) — mismatched CRS silently produces garbage coordinates |
| DMR | Digitalni model reliefa (digital terrain model) | GURS’s terrain-elevation dataset — feeds dome-site ground-slope and shadow-study calculations |
| EPSG | European Petroleum Survey Group | Naming authority for CRS codes — EPSG:4326 is WGS84 (lat/lon), EPSG:3794 is Slovenia’s national grid (D96/TM) |
| GURS | Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije | Slovenia’s geodetic administration — the public authority behind the address register, cadastre, and orthophoto data this arc queries |
| OPSI | Odprti podatki Slovenije (Open Data Slovenia) | Slovenia’s general government open-data portal (podatki.gov.si) — GURS publishes its orthophoto dataset here; OPSI is the portal, not the orthophoto imagery itself |
| WFS | Web Feature Service | OGC standard for querying vector geodata over HTTP (returns feature data, e.g. GeoJSON — unlike WMS, which returns map images) — the protocol gurs-address-lookup-mcp speaks to GURS |
Colibri internals
Razdelek z naslovom „Colibri internals”| Term | Stands for | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|
| ADR | Architecture Decision Record | Lightweight design doc — records why a choice was made |
| CI | Continuous Integration | Automated checks on every push — fmt, clippy, wiki-lint |
| CLI | Command-Line Interface | colibri binary — type commands in a terminal |
| CRUD | Create Read Update Delete | The four basic data operations — PostgreSQL tables follow this |
| DDL | Data Definition Language | SQL commands that define schema — CREATE TABLE, ALTER, etc. |
| ETXTBSY | Error: Text File Busy | Errno 26 — can’t write to a running binary; install(1) avoids it |
| FIFO | First In, First Out | Named pipe — used for daemon↔agent stdin/stdout |
| FK | Foreign Key | Database constraint linking rows across tables |
| FTS | Full-Text Search | SQLite FTS5 — powers skill and session search |
| GLM | General Language Model | z.ai’s model family (GLM-5.2, GLM-5-Turbo) — routed via ZAI_API_KEY on the GLM Coding Plan |
| HARNESS | Agent / coding harness | The runtime that drives a model (zot, ZCode, Claude Code) — see LLM-PROVIDER-HARNESS matrix |
| HBA | Host-Based Authentication | PostgreSQL pg_hba.conf — controls who can connect |
| LLM | Large Language Model | The AI model behind every agent (DeepSeek, Claude, etc.) |
| MVP | Minimum Viable Product | Smallest shippable version — used in planning phases |
| ONNX | Open Neural Network Exchange | AI model interchange format — used for local inference |
| ORT | ONNX Runtime | Runs ONNX models — local LLM inference engine |
| PF | Packet Filter | FreeBSD firewall — rate-limits SSH, protects exposed ports |
| PR | Pull Request | A proposed change — reviewed and merged on Forgejo |
| QPS | Queries Per Second | Request throughput — GLM-5-Turbo targets high-QPS interactive loops |
| RAG | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | Answering questions by searching a knowledge base first |
| RUNBOOK | Operational Runbook | Step-by-step procedures for common operational tasks |
| SDLC | Software Development Life Cycle | The process from idea to deployed code |
| SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm | Cryptographic hash — SHA-256 used for prompt_hash, checksums |
| SQL | Structured Query Language | How we query PostgreSQL mother_hive |
| SWE | Software Engineering | Multi-step SWE tasks / SWE-bench — the deep-coding workload GLM-5.2 targets |
| TUI | Terminal User Interface | colibri-tui — interactive dashboard inside a terminal |
| TRIFECTA | Cost / Speed / Quality triangle | Colibri’s three-axis optimization strategy for model selection |
| TTFT | Time To First Token | Latency to the first streamed token — GLM-5.2 ~1.47s |
| TTL | Time To Live | Scheduler presence gate — agents stale past AGENT_PRESENCE_TTL_SECS (90s) won’t receive tasks |
| UI | User Interface | Anything the operator sees — CLI, TUI, dashboard, desktop |
| UPSERT | Update or Insert | Atomic INSERT-ON-CONFLICT-UPDATE — used in node-register-mcp |
| DELETE | SQL DELETE statement | Remove rows (node decommissioning via DELETE ON hive_nodes) |
| UTC | Coordinated Universal Time | Timezone standard — all timestamps are UTC, converted for display |
| VTE | Virtual Terminal Emulator | Library Kitty uses for terminal rendering |
| ZAI | z.ai (Zhipu AI) | Provider behind the GLM models; key is ZAI_API_KEY on the GLM Coding Plan |
Timezones
Razdelek z naslovom „Timezones”| Term | Stands for | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|
| AM | Ante meridiem (before noon) | Clock convention — cost dashboards display 12-hour times |
| PM | Post meridiem (after noon) | Clock convention — cost dashboards display 12-hour times |
| CEST | Central European Summer Time | UTC+2 — Ljubljana daylight saving (Mar–Oct) |
| CET | Central European Time | UTC+1 — Ljubljana standard time (Nov–Feb) |
Legacy (TS codebase)
Razdelek z naslovom „Legacy (TS codebase)”Terms specific to the retired clawdie-ai TypeScript codebase.
| Term | Stands for | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|
| CMS | Content Management System | Astro-powered docs site, migrated from clawdie-ai |
| ESM | ECMAScript Modules | Node.js module system — "type": "module" |
| JS | JavaScript | Runtime language for the retired codebase |
| LMF | Layered Memory Fabric | Memory architecture in clawdie-ai |
| STT | Speech-to-Text | Voice transcription (Telegram) |
| TS | TypeScript | Superset of JS — the clawdie-ai language |
| TSX | TypeScript XML | TS + JSX syntax — used in UI components |
| DB | Database | PostgreSQL (clawdie-ai) → SQLite (colibri) |
| EN | English | Primary docs locale |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface | XFCE desktop on the operator USB |
| SL | Slovenian | Secondary docs locale |
| VM | Virtual Machine | bhyve for FreeBSD guests |
| KB | Kilobyte | File size unit |
| MB | Megabyte | Disk / memory size unit |
| TMP | Temporary | Scratch directory for build artifacts |
| MULTI | Multi- | Prefix in archived clawdie-ai filenames (MULTI-PROVIDER-ARCHITECTURE.md) |
| PROVIDER | Provider (LLM) | LLM API backend referenced in archived clawdie-ai filenames |
| ROLES | Roles (agent) | Agent role definitions in archived clawdie-ai filenames |
Hardware / bare-metal
Razdelek z naslovom „Hardware / bare-metal”| Term | Stands for | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System | Firmware — boot order, hardware init |
| CD | Compact Disc | Optical media — iLO virtual CD-ROM |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol | Network auto-config — iLO gets IP |
| DVD | Digital Versatile Disc | Optical media — iLO virtual media type |
| GB | Gigabyte | Disk/image size unit |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive | Physical storage — boot order, RAID |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard | Server vendor — ML350p Gen8 |
| IPMI | Intelligent Platform Management Interface | BMC — sensor readout, power control |
| KB | Kilobyte | File size unit |
| MB | Megabyte | Disk/memory size unit |
| NIC | Network Interface Controller | Physical network port — iLO dedicated NIC |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number | Seed partition encryption passcode |
| POST | Power-On Self-Test | Hardware initialization before boot |
| PXE | Preboot eXecution Environment | Network boot protocol |
| ROM | Read-Only Memory | BIOS/firmware storage — iLO flash |
| SMASH | Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware | iLO CLI protocol |
| BMC | Baseboard Management Controller | Out-of-band server management — iLO is HP’s BMC |
| IML | Integrated Management Log | HP hardware event log — show /system1/log1 |
| KEX | Key Exchange | SSH algorithm negotiation — iLO 4 needs legacy |
| SSHPASS | SSH Password (tool) | Non-interactive SSH auth via env var |
| EP | Entry Point | Firmware handoff address — bare-metal boot flow |
| FMA | Fused Multiply-Add | CPU instruction — AVX-512/FMA on Xeon probed |
| MMIO | Memory-Mapped I/O | Device register access — GPU/FPGA probes read |
| SIMD | Single Instruction, Multiple Data | Vector compute — llama.cpp uses AVX2/SIMD |
| RSS | Resident Set Size | Process RAM footprint — llama.cpp measures |
| SAS | Statistical Analysis System / Serial Attached SCSI | Benchmark methodology / storage interface |
| ARC | Adaptive Replacement Cache | ZFS ARC — RAM cache for hot data |
| BGE | BAAI General Embedding | Embedding model family — BGE-m3 used for RAG |
| BMI | Bit Manipulation Instruction | CPU instruction set — BMI2 speeds up popcnt |
| DIMM | Dual In-line Memory Module | RAM stick — capacity/speed probed per DIMM |
| IQ | Instruction Queue | CPU pipeline depth — Zen 3 IQ affects latency |
| MODEL | Machine Learning Model | The LLM artifact — GGUF/ONNX format |
| PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect | Bus for GPU/NIC — topology probed via pciconf |
| UD | Uncorrectable Data | ECC memory error — tracked in IML log |
| UEFI | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface | Modern firmware — UEFI vs BIOS boot path |
| BE | Boot Environment | ZFS boot environment — BE rollback is the recovery path |
| NR | New Release | FreeBSD version marker — updating-a-node references NR branches |
Conventions
Razdelek z naslovom „Conventions”- Add as you go. If a wiki page introduces a term not listed here, add it.
- One sentence per “why.” The reader has the acronym already — tell them what the thing does in Colibri.
- Sort alphabetically within sections. Keeps scanning fast.
- No stale links. When a term’s usage changes, update the entry.