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;CSV : Stands for Comma Separated Values. CSV files are used to store data in plain text. Each line of the file is a record and each record can be comprised of multiple fields separated by commas. More information can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values Wikipedia]
 
;CSV : Stands for Comma Separated Values. CSV files are used to store data in plain text. Each line of the file is a record and each record can be comprised of multiple fields separated by commas. More information can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values Wikipedia]
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; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBMS DBMS] : Data Base Management System, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL mySQL] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL PostgreSQL]
 
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; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DocBook DocBook] : a Semantics markup language for technical documentation based on [[#X|XML]]. The content can then be published in a variety of formats, including HTML, XHTML, EPUB, PDF, man pages, Web help and HTML Help, without requiring users to make any changes to the source. [http://www.linurs.org/linux/Docbook.html Urs Lindegger] has a nice introduction while the official documentation is available with [http://www.docbook.org/ DocBook: The Definitive Guide].
 
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;[http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ Doxygen] : a tool for the automated generation of ''source code'' documentation. [http://www.doxygen.org doxygen.org] says that "Doxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, IDL (Corba and Microsoft flavors) and to some extent PHP and C#."
 
  
 
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAAP GAAP] : The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generally_accepted_accounting_principles Generally Accepted Accounting Principles] are the rules by which Business Accounting has to be done, especially in the U.S. and some other countries. For international standards see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Accounting_Standards International Accounting Standards] (IAS) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Financial_Reporting_Standards International Financial Reporting Standards] (IFRS). You should also compare your locale standards like e.g. for Germany [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunds%C3%A4tze_ordnungsm%C3%A4%C3%9Figer_Buchf%C3%BChrung Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung].
 
;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAAP GAAP] : The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generally_accepted_accounting_principles Generally Accepted Accounting Principles] are the rules by which Business Accounting has to be done, especially in the U.S. and some other countries. For international standards see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Accounting_Standards International Accounting Standards] (IAS) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Financial_Reporting_Standards International Financial Reporting Standards] (IFRS). You should also compare your locale standards like e.g. for Germany [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunds%C3%A4tze_ordnungsm%C3%A4%C3%9Figer_Buchf%C3%BChrung Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung].
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;[http://www.hbci-zka.de/english/ HBCI/FinTS] : a bank-independent online banking protocol used by German banks. HBCI (Home Banking Computer Interface) has been developed by the German Central Banking Committee ZKA (Zentraler Kredit-Ausschuss). The standard is publicly available and is used by approx. 50% of German banks, but nowhere else in this world. Since 2002 it is called „Financial Transaction Services“ (FinTS). In GnuCash it can be used via [[#A|AqBanking]].
 
;[http://www.hbci-zka.de/english/ HBCI/FinTS] : a bank-independent online banking protocol used by German banks. HBCI (Home Banking Computer Interface) has been developed by the German Central Banking Committee ZKA (Zentraler Kredit-Ausschuss). The standard is publicly available and is used by approx. 50% of German banks, but nowhere else in this world. Since 2002 it is called „Financial Transaction Services“ (FinTS). In GnuCash it can be used via [[#A|AqBanking]].
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;[http://openhbci.sourceforge.net/ OpenHBCI] : was an Open Source implementation of the German [[#H|HBCI]]. It was replaced in 2004 by [[#A|AqBanking]].
 
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Revision as of 11:47, 17 January 2017

The Glossary explains some often used terms.

PLEASE NOTE: As of GnuCash 2.6.15, the Tutorial & Concepts Guide includes a glossary.

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AqBanking 
a library, which implements the german Home Banking Computer Interface HBCI and Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard EBICS, besides OFX Direct Connect and Paypal. It is the successor of openHBCI. See AqBanking for use in GnuCash.

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Chart of Accounts 
A listing of all the accounts available in the data file. The chart of accounts consists of balance sheet accounts (assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity) and income statement accounts (revenues, expenses, gains, losses). The chart of accounts can be expanded and tailored to reflect the operations of the company. The GnuCash chart of accounts can be selected from the File menu.


CSV 
Stands for Comma Separated Values. CSV files are used to store data in plain text. Each line of the file is a record and each record can be comprised of multiple fields separated by commas. More information can be found at Wikipedia

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GAAP 
The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles are the rules by which Business Accounting has to be done, especially in the U.S. and some other countries. For international standards see International Accounting Standards (IAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). You should also compare your locale standards like e.g. for Germany Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung.
GSettings
Since GnuCash 2.5 the tool to store the users configuration data. It uses the native data store of the operating system:
Linux
DConf since Gnome 3.0 dropped GConf,
MacOsX
Defaults. Use the command-line defaults(1) to modify prefs when GnuCash isn't running.
Windows
Registry.

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HBCI/FinTS 
a bank-independent online banking protocol used by German banks. HBCI (Home Banking Computer Interface) has been developed by the German Central Banking Committee ZKA (Zentraler Kredit-Ausschuss). The standard is publicly available and is used by approx. 50% of German banks, but nowhere else in this world. Since 2002 it is called „Financial Transaction Services“ (FinTS). In GnuCash it can be used via AqBanking.

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LibOFX 
an Open Source library for OFX (see below). It was created by one of the GnuCash developers (Benoit Gregoire), originally to be the OFX interface for GnuCash.

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MT940 
a financial information standard defined by SWIFT and used by several European banks. It is also used internally in HBCI. Unfortunately, you can't download the MT940 standard, but some banks (like this one) publish it on their web site.

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OFX 
the Open Financial eXchange format. This is a financial information standard (i.e. a file format standard) documented at http://www.ofx.net/DeveloperSolutions.aspx
OpenHBCI 
was an Open Source implementation of the German HBCI. It was replaced in 2004 by AqBanking.

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Scheme 
Scheme is a functional programming language based on a dialect of LISP. Reports in GnuCash use the Scheme programming language; thus, users wishing to customize reports must write Scheme.

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xacc
Abbreviation of XAccountant.
XAccountant
The Motif based ancestor of Gnucash.
XML 
The eXtensible Markup Language can be seen as an abstraction of HTML. It is often used to store e.g.
  • structured data like your GnuCash file or
  • technical documentation in Docbook.
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