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GDB or gdb
GNU Project DeBugger, a debugging program used on Unix and other 'nix operating systems in order to get a backtrace. "gdb" (without the quotation marks) is also the first part of the command used to start the GDB program itself. An example of how to use GDB with FreeCAD is in this forum post
Geometric modeling kernel
Also called CAD kernel. A set of complex software libraries responsible for the creation of 3D shapes. All operations on objects (extrude, boolean operations, chamfer, fillet) rely on the geometric modeling kernel.
Git
Distributed revision control system used by FreeCAD to host and manage its code base.
Group
Used to organize elements in the Tree view.
GUI
Graphical User Interface. Allows users to interact with FreeCAD through graphical icons and the mouse pointer.