GNOME is the GNU Network Object Model Environment.
The GNOME project intends to build a complete, easy-to-use desktop
environment for the user, and a powerful application framework for
the software developer.
This is a meta package for the second major version of the GNOME
project. It provides all the basic components required to get a
working desktop plus several utilities designed to make it more
accessible to people with disabilities. Note that they may also
be very useful to regular users.