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**Glossary**

- <b>[Aldor]</b>

  [Aldor] is an ordinary programming language that can and should be used for extending the [Axiom] library.

- <b>[Axiom]</b>

  [Axiom] is a computer algebra system with a big knowledge of mathematics implemented in its library.
  An important feature of Axiom is that it uses types.
 
- **AxiomWiki**

  AxiomWiki is an online environment (you are currently reading one page of it) that allows people interested
  in [Axiom] to openly collaborate and improve [Axiom]'s code and documentation.
  Everyone is invited to improve [Axiom], just
  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_bold_in_updating_pages">BeBold</a>.

- **IssueTracker**

  IssueTracker is [Axiom]'s bug tracking facility.

- **LatexWiki**

  LatexWiki is a patch to the ZWiki package that allows rendering of in-line LaTeX on an AxiomWiki page.

- **MathAction**

  MathAction is a software that is built on LatexWiki. It allows to call [Axiom] and [Reduce] from within a [Wiki] page.

- <b>[SPAD]</b>

  The language used in Axiom is called Spad (a contraction of ScratchPad). [SPAD] is a predecessor of [Aldor].
  For adding new library features [Aldor] is now preferred.

- <b>[Wiki]</b>

  A Wiki is a way of collaboration where you create web documents using a very simple syntax,
  and documents are editable by anyone. 
  The <a href="http://wiki.axiom-developer.org">wiki.axiom-developer.org</a> uses the ZWiki software as
  its driving backend.

- **ZWiki**

  Zwiki is the software which drives this wiki site.


Glossary

  • Aldor

    Aldor is an ordinary programming language that can and should be used for extending the [Axiom]? library.

  • [Axiom]?

    [Axiom]? is a computer algebra system with a big knowledge of mathematics implemented in its library. An important feature of Axiom is that it uses types.

  • AxiomWiki

    AxiomWiki is an online environment (you are currently reading one page of it) that allows people interested in [Axiom]? to openly collaborate and improve [Axiom]?'s code and documentation. Everyone is invited to improve [Axiom]?, just BeBold.

  • IssueTracker

    IssueTracker is [Axiom]?'s bug tracking facility.

  • LatexWiki

    LatexWiki is a patch to the ZWiki package that allows rendering of in-line LaTeX on an AxiomWiki page.

  • MathAction

    MathAction is a software that is built on LatexWiki. It allows to call [Axiom]? and [Reduce]? from within a [Wiki]? page.

  • SPAD

    The language used in Axiom is called Spad (a contraction of ScratchPad). SPAD is a predecessor of Aldor. For adding new library features Aldor is now preferred.

  • [Wiki]?

    A Wiki is a way of collaboration where you create web documents using a very simple syntax, and documents are editable by anyone. The wiki.axiom-developer.org uses the ZWiki software as its driving backend.

  • ZWiki

    Zwiki is the software which drives this wiki site.