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   Spelling; Reference
   Preferred terms
   Glossary
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Spelling, terms and glossary
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Spelling
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This section defines how to spell certain trademark and product names.
For a list of the TYPO3 terminology and their short descriptions,
see :ref:`Spelling and TYPO3 Terminology <t3writing:1-spelling-and-typo3-terminology>`.


A

`Apache`,
`API`,


B

`backend`,
`blog post`, `blogger`, `blogging`,


C

`code sprint`,
`command line`, run something at the command line,
`command-line something`, run a command-line spell-checker,
`Changelog`,
`checkbox`,
`Composer`,
`Core Team`, `TYPO3 Core Team`,
`Core`, `TYPO3 Core`,
`Core extension`,
`cross-site scripting`,
`Crowdin`,
`CSV` (comma separated values),


D

`Data Processor`,
`DBAL`,
`Docker`,
`Docker Compose`,
`Doctrine`,
`Documentation Team`, `TYPO3 Documentation Team`,
`DataHandler`,


E

`Edit on GitHub`,
`Edit on GitHub button`,
`Edit on GitHub workflow`,
`Extbase`,
`Extension Manager`
`extension`,


F

`FlexForm`,
`Fluid`,
`FormEngine`,
`frontend`,
`frontend rendering`,


G

`Git`,
`GitHub`,


H

`how to document`,
`how-to`, `a how-to video`,


I

`InnoDB`,
`Introduction Package`,

L

`LinkHandler`,
`Linux`,

M

`Markdown`,
`mark up the text`,
`markup (the)`,
`MariaDB`,
`MySQL`,
`macOS`, outdated: Mac, `Mac OS X`,
`model-view-controller`,
`MVC`,

N

`nginx`,

O

`Open Source`,

P

`page TSconfig`,
`PhpStorm`,
`PHPStan`,
`PHPUnit`,
`PHP CS Fixer`,
`PHP_CodeSniffer`,
`PNG`,
`PostgreSQL`,

Q

`quick start`,


R

`reStructuredText`, `reST`,
`richt text editor`,
`RTE`,


S

`sitepackage`,
`Sphinx`,
`style guide (en)`, `Styleguide (de)`,
`SVG`,
`system extension` (not: 'sys extension'),


T

`TCA`,
`TCE`,
`TCEforms`,
`TCEmain`,
`textrole`,
`third party extension`,
`toctree`,
`TSconfig`,
`TYPO3`,
`TYPO3 Core`, `Core`,
`TYPO3 Core Engine`,
`TYPO3 Core Team`, `Core Team`,
`TYPO3 Core Engine`,
`TYPO3 v12`, `TYPO3 v12.4`, `TYPO3 v12 LTS`, `TYPO3 version 12`,
`TypoScript`,

U

`UNIX`,

V

`ViewHelper`,

W

`Windows`, `Microsoft Windows`,
`windows`, `modal windows`,



Terms
=====

How to use these terms:

reStructuredText
   Use `reST` as abbreviation.

reST
   `reStructuredText <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html>`__ is a 'Markup
   Syntax and Parser Component of `Docutils
   <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/index.html>`__'.

TYPO3
   Always and everywhere written with capital letters.

third party extension
   Do not write "3rd party extension".

ViewHelper
   Our community agreed on this spelling.

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