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= Greek Names in Software Projects

This is a repo aimed to keep a list of all the different kinds of software projects whose names have a Greek origin.
This is a repo aimed to keep a list of all the different kinds of software projects whose names have a Greek origin.

== History

The motivation for this came up from the http://www.jhug.gr/[Greek Java User Group] Slack group, where we've been having fun spotting all these software projects in the wild. At some point, I felt it'd be nice to start keeping track...
The motivation for this came up from the http://www.jhug.gr/[Greek Java User Group] Slack group, where we've been having fun spotting all these software projects in the wild. At some point, I felt it'd be nice to start keeping track...

== The List


=== Android

* Site: https://www.android.com/
* Description: Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices
* What it means: Android is coined from the Greek root andr-, "man" (male) and the suffix -oid, "having the form or likeness of".


=== Boskos

* Site: https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/tree/master/boskos
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=== Kiali

* Site: https://www.kiali.io/
* Description: Kiali is an observability console for Istio with service mesh configuration capabilities.
* Description: Kiali is an observability console for Istio with service mesh configuration capabilities.
* What it means: Imagine you're holding a pair of binoculars and a car horn suddenly goes off behind you. Yes, you've dropped the binoculars. They're broken in half. Each half is a "kiali". Also, a binocular - but who has "a" binocular these days?

=== Kubernetes
=== Kubernetes

* Site: https://kubernetes.io/
* Description: Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
* What it means: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes[Kubernetes (κυβερνήτης, Greek for "governor", "helmsman" or "captain")]

=== Paketo
=== Paketo

* Site: https://paketo.io
* Description: Modular Buildpacks, written in Go. Paketo Buildpacks provide language runtime support for applications. They leverage the Cloud Native Buildpacks framework to make image builds easy, performant, and secure.
* What it means: Paketo means "package".
* What it means: Paketo means "package".


=== Portieris
=== Portieris

* Site: https://github.com/IBM/portieris
* Description: A Kubernetes Admission Controller for verifying image trust with Notary.
* What it means: Portieris is the bouncer you'd find in a club.
* What it means: Portieris is the bouncer you'd find in a club.


=== Prometheus
=== Prometheus

* Site: https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus
* Description: The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database. https://prometheus.io/
* What it means: A name from Greek Mythology, of a Titan, who stole the fire from the gods and gave it to humanity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus

=== Synnefo
=== Synnefo

* Site: https://www.synnefo.org/
* Description: Synnefo is open source cloud software used to create massively scalable IaaS clouds.
* What it means: Synnefo means "cloud".

=== Scylla
=== Scylla

* Site: https://www.scylladb.com/
* Description: Scylla is a drop-in Apache Cassandra alternative big data database with ultra-low latency and extremely high throughput.
* What it means: Legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis.


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