Glossary

This page gives you a brief (one sentence) description of various terms that Mozillians use and might be confusing for newcomers.

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A

amo

addons.mozilla.org - the central repository of mozilla addons.

asknot

A web tool to find out contribution areas. whatcanidoformozilla.org

B

b2g

Boot to Gecko, a component of FirefoxOS

bmo

bugzilla.mozilla.org - our main bugzilla instance to keep track of various products (firefox, firefoxos, etc)

Bug

In software a bug is an error in the program. Anything filed on bugzilla is also called a bug, even though we use it for purposes other than pointing out errors (like budget requests). (compare Github Issue)

Bug report

The detailed description accompanying a bug or the act of reporting the bug itself. (Sometimes just called bug)

Bugzilla

A tool to keep track of bugs. (compare bmo)

C

cbt

Community Building Team. Now been replaced by Participation team.

CommSquared

Community Communications program

Community Education

See Mozilla Community Education

D

Discourse

A modern web based communication forum. Checkout discourse.mozilla-community.org

F

FSA

Firefox Student Ambassador

G

git

A version controlling system for writing code collaboratively.

Github

A popular web-based git hosting system used in various Mozilla projects. github.com

Github Issue

An on-topic discussion, usually surrounding a single bug, hosted on a Github project.

Github Pull Request

(abbreviated as PR) A way for programmers to submit their contributions to projects on Github. (compare Patch)

H

Hive

Hive is city based learning networks. (Compare Mozilla clubs)

I

IRC

Internet Relay Chat is a communication tool used by Mozillians to communicate

L

l10n

Localization is the translation of Mozilla products to various languages.

M

Maker Party

Month-long summer campaign to activate, engage, and/or level-up users new and old by supporting them in planning small- and large-scale maker events that tie into MLN tools, curricula, and/or philosophies; often themed and sets up calls-to-action for the following year. teach.mozilla.org/events/

MDN

Mozilla Developer Network - online resource for Web developers; lives at. developer.mozilla.org

Mozilla Clubs

Local groups that meet regularly to learn the Web, a part of the Mozilla Learning Network. teach.mozilla.org/clubs/

MoCo

Mozilla Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of products.

Mozilla Community Education

aims to empower Mozillians in their contributions, and personal goals through education and training. education.mozilla-community.org

MoFo

Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the Mozilla project.

Mozicorns

Crew aboard the first New Hire Onboarding Program of November, 2015. mozillians.org/group/mozicorns

Mozilla Learning Network

offers programs and a global community dedicated to helping people learn to read, write and participate in the digital world teach.mozilla.org

Mozillians

A web-directory of Mozillians around the world. mozillians.org

Moz Reps

Mozilla Volunteer with the status of "representative" they are part of a program and have special "power" such as asking for budget to run an event etc.

Moz Fest/Mozilla Festival

Open Web Leadership conference shipped by Mozilla each fall (late October/early November), often at Ravensbourne, a design college in London, England. Characterized by mental sparks, science fairs, maker spaces, youth participation, free espresso, and work sprints - planned or unplanned - on organizational goals, outputs, and outcomes.

MLN

Mozilla Learning Network

Module

A piece of code functionality or area of responsibility within Mozilla. A "module owner" is the person who has ultimate decision making authority - a "peer" often makes day to day decisions that can be escalated to an owner - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/module-ownership/

P

Participation

The Participation Team works to make people participate in Mozilla programs.

Patch

A specific code contribution by programmers submitted as a text file.

PR

See Github Pull Request

Q

QA

Quality assurance. quality.mozilla.org

R

ReMo

Mozilla Reps Program

Rep

Mozilla Representative, as part of Mozilla Reps program. reps.mozilla.org

Remos

Mozilla Reps that are like supported volunteers who apply through MoCo/tech pathways to be ambassadors for the Mozilla mission and mentors re: Mozilla products; different in some ways from 'mentors' activated by MoFo/MLN.

S

SuMo

Support Mozilla is for user support.

W

Webmaker

Webmaker is now an app that can be used to create and share on the Web. webmaker.org. In the past it used to stand for what is now Mozilla Learning Network.

Y

Yammer

An internal communication tool. yammer.com/mozillians/