Tsuyoshi Takada said:
>
> Hi, all
>
> I don't know well about the following UNIX terms.
> Would you teach me about them?
>
> "contrib"  ... I often see this word in ftp site.

usually 3rd party contributions to a software program.

>
> grep(1)    ... What does the number (1) mean?

the section of the manual (man) that the command is located.
sometimes there are multiple manpages in different sections,
so often the section is mentioned.

nate





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