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+==========================
+A Glossary of Common Terms
+==========================
+
+.. topic:: Content
+
+ Usually refers to webpages being rendered, may also be seen as "running in
+ content" in which case it can include UI privileged code running in a process
+ that is rendering webpages.
+
+.. topic:: Chrome
+
+ Usually the parts of the application UI outside of the rendered webpage
+
+.. topic:: XUL
+
+ A proprietary UI definition language that we are slowly phasing out and replacing with standard HTML.
+
+.. topic:: l10n
+
+ An abbreviation for Localization.
+
+.. topic:: i18n
+
+ An abbreviation for Internationalisation
+
+.. topic:: a11y
+
+ An abbreviation for Accessibility