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   What is PL? How it is different than platform's C runtime, Secure C functions, etc...
 ==== NSPR ====
-NSPR is a cross-platform library to provide Mozilla application with OS-agnostic facilities such as threading, I/O operations, networking, logging and more. It is crucial for a Mozilla C/C++ hacker to be familiar with this framework in order to work with Thunderbird backend.
+NSPR is a cross-platform library to provide Mozilla application with OS-agnostic facilities such as threading, I/O operations, networking, logging and more. It is crucial for a Mozilla C/C++ hacker to be familiar with this library in order to work with Thunderbird backend.
 Although NSPR documentation is not up-to-date, still it is a very good starting point before you go and check the source code. You can find NSPR documentation at the following links.
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 * [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ NSS Home Page]
+==== XPCOM ====
+XPCOM is Mozilla's simplified cross-platform component object model.
+''IDL firebot: uuid, <link>''
+* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_nsCOMPtr Using nsCOMPtr]
+* Reference Management
+** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XPCOM_ownership_guidelines Ownership Guide]
+** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Weak_reference#Why_can.27t_I_just_QueryInterface_between_the_pair.3F Weak References]
+* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_XPCOM_Components Creating XPCOM Components]
+* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XPCOM_string_guide XPCOM string guide]
 ==== NECKO ====
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 * IRC - irc://irc.mozilla.org/#mozilla
-==== XPCOM ====
+==== GECKO ====
-XPCOM is Mozilla's simplified cross-platform component object model.
+ What is Gecko
-''IDL firebot: uuid, <link>''
-* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_nsCOMPtr Using nsCOMPtr]
-* Reference Management
-** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XPCOM_ownership_guidelines Ownership Guide]
-** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Weak_reference#Why_can.27t_I_just_QueryInterface_between_the_pair.3F Weak References]
-* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_XPCOM_Components Creating XPCOM Components]
-* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XPCOM_string_guide XPCOM string guide]
 ==== XUL ====