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add IDL and Mojo to glossary (#12504)

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@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Input Method Editor. A program that allows users to enter characters and
symbols not found on their keyboard. For example, this allows users of Latin symbols not found on their keyboard. For example, this allows users of Latin
keyboards to input Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indic characters. keyboards to input Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indic characters.
### IDL
Interface description language. Write function signatures and data types in a format that can be used to generate interfaces in Java, C++, JavaScript, etc.
### IPC ### IPC
IPC stands for Inter-Process Communication. Electron uses IPC to send IPC stands for Inter-Process Communication. Electron uses IPC to send
@ -68,6 +72,12 @@ See also: [process](#process), [renderer process](#renderer-process)
Acronym for Apple's Mac App Store. For details on submitting your app to the Acronym for Apple's Mac App Store. For details on submitting your app to the
MAS, see the [Mac App Store Submission Guide]. MAS, see the [Mac App Store Submission Guide].
### Mojo
An IPC system for communicating intra- or inter-process, and that's important because Chrome is keen on being able to split its work into separate processes or not, depending on memory pressures etc.
See https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/mojo/README.md
### native modules ### native modules
Native modules (also called [addons] in Native modules (also called [addons] in