-<p>Plugins are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:</p>
+<p><dfn>Plugins</dfn> are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create various audio or MIDI effects
</li>
<p>Ardour does not come with any built-in signal processors of its own
(other than volume faders) and it also generally doesn't ship with any
plugins. They are written by 3rd parties, though we do provide <a href="/working-with-plugins/getting-plugins/">some
- information on how to get them.</a>.
+ information on how to get them</a>.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<dl class="narrower-table">
- <dt>LADSPA</dt>
- <dd>An early, simple, lightweight plugin API, audio effects only,
+ <dt><abbr title="Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</abbr></dt>
+ <dd>An early, simple, lightweight plugin <abbr title="Application
+ Programming Interface">API</abbr>, audio effects only,
plugins have no editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).</dd>
-
- <dt>LV2</dt>
- <dd>An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own editors/GUIs</dd>
-
- <dt>AudioUnit</dt>
+ <dt><abbr title="LADSPA Version 2">LV2</abbr></dt>
+ <dd>An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and <abbr
+ title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr>, plugins can provide their
+ own <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>s</dd>
+ <dt><abbr title="Audio Unit">AU</abbr></dt>
<dd>OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI</dd>
- <dt>Linux VST</dt>
+ <dt>Linux <abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></dt>
<dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled specifically for Linux</dd>
<dt>Windows VST</dt>
<h2>Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins</h2>
<p>Within Ardour, plugins are just another type
-of <code>Processor</code> and so the techniques for
+of <dfn>Processor</dfn> and so the techniques for
adding/removing/copying/moving processors apply to plugins as
well. These techniques are covered on
the <a href="/working-with-plugins/the-processor-box">Processor