Glossary of Terms

This is a very early work in progress. Contributions to glossary term explanations is occurring on the upstream wiki here:

http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Glossary_of_Terms

B.1. From the Foreword

build systems
codebase
defect tracking (xref: bug tracker)
developer
development
open source
revision control (xref with version control)
software
software engineering