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or other names." | or other names." | ||
== | ==Sweet: The abstract design of the interface== | ||
''(the taste of sugar)'' | |||
Description: "Sweet" is the abstract design of the interface's appearance | Description: "Sweet" is the abstract design of the interface's appearance | ||
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component's second major release, or perhaps 2.0-alpha. | component's second major release, or perhaps 2.0-alpha. | ||
== | ==Glucose: The base Sugar environment== | ||
''(the fundamental, simple sugar used by all life forms)'' | |||
Description: Glucose is the minimal system that must be added to a | Description: Glucose is the minimal system that must be added to a | ||
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except those like the Journal that are non-optional. | except those like the Journal that are non-optional. | ||
== | ==Fructose: A set of demonstration activities== | ||
''(the main sugar in fruit, which is how we're supposed to get our sugar)'' | |||
Description: The Sugar developers will need some example set of | Description: The Sugar developers will need some example set of | ||
activities with which to demonstrate Sugar. This set is Fructose. The | activities with which to demonstrate Sugar. This set is Fructose. The | ||
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their own Activity sets. | their own Activity sets. | ||
== | ==Sucrose: The interface, plus a set of demonstration activities== | ||
''("table sugar", the kind you buy in the store. It consists of glucose and fructose, combined)'' | |||
consists of glucose and fructose, combined | |||
Description: Sucrose consists of both Glucose and Fructose. It therefore | Description: Sucrose consists of both Glucose and Fructose. It therefore | ||
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"Wow! Look at all the cool capabilities that this system has!". | "Wow! Look at all the cool capabilities that this system has!". | ||
== | ==Ribose: The base Linux distribution being used by Sugar== | ||
''(the sugar used by all lifeforms to control their hardware, in the form of RNA. It's important, but not sweet)'' | |||
hardware, in the form of RNA. It's important, but not sweet | |||
Description: Ribose is the set of hardware-centric software components | Description: Ribose is the set of hardware-centric software components | ||
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to install Glucose if it has not yet been installed. | to install Glucose if it has not yet been installed. | ||
== | ==Starch(es): A complete disk image for Sugar== | ||
''(starch is composed of multiple sugars bonded together)'' | |||
Description: We often distribute complete disk images for Sugar, ready to | Description: We often distribute complete disk images for Sugar, ready to | ||