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(Computer jargon must be distinguished from hacker slang, which is the language of a certain subculture of people involved with computers. See jargon file.) Jargon is a type of terminology which is used in conjunction with a specific activity, e. ... Hacker describes a class of people who create and modify computer software and computer hardware, including people skilled in computer programming, administration and security. ... Slang is the non-standard or non-dialectal use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ... The Jargon File is a glossary of hacker slang. ...

BTKATC - Between The Keyboard And The Chair; An acronym commonly used in the Technical Support Realm and in other IT instances. An error refering to the source of a linguistic or programming error. Also spelled "BCAK" (Between Chair And Keyboard).

CAD - Computer Aided Design; particular software design program, esp. architectural This article is about computer-aided design. ...

CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing; particular software design program used in manufacturing operations, esp. numerical control machines A cam is a projecting part of a rotating wheel or shaft that strikes a lever at one or more points on its circular path. ...

CLI - Command Line Interface. A type of UI consisting of a text prompt to which you give commands. CLI is an acronym (or, strictly speaking, an initialism) for Command line interface Call Level Interface Common language interface (Commonly believed, but not official for Common Language Infrastructure) Common Language Infrastructure CLear Interrupts Composite Leading Indicator Caller Line Identification (telephony) Celebrity Love Island Critical Language Institute This page concerning a... UI is an acronym for: user interface University of Indonesia | homepage University of Idaho | homepage University of Illinois | homepage University of Iowa | homepage An alternate symbol for the international unit (IU) Universal Indicator Unit Intervals (Serial Data Communication) Ui is also a surname: Arturo Ui, a fictional character from The...

CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check; a specific type of checksum added data that can be used to verify that the data was received without bits being dropped during transimisson or storage/retrival. The calculation is done, serially, on the data using a polynomial which is selected to maximize the probability that any change in the data will be detected. A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is a type of hash function used to produce a checksum - which is a small number of bits - against a byte or a larger block of data, such as a packet of network traffic or a block of a computer file. ...

ENIAC - the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. Arguably, the first all electronic digital computer started in 1943 and finished in 1946. Some claim that Goliath really was the first, but ENIAC has the best press agent. ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was long thought to have been the first electronic computer designed to be Turing-complete, capable of being reprogrammed by rewiring to solve a full range of computing problems. ...

Gesture recognition - interpreting body movements into text, as a command (recognizing handwriting, signlanguage, etc)

Facemail - a method of communication involving a face-to-face discussion. Becoming extinct.

FIFO - First in, first out structure. This is a queue. FIFO is an acronym for First In, First Out. ... In providing services to people, and in computer science, transport and operations research a queue is a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) process â€” the first element in the queue will be the first one out. ...

GIGO - Garbage in garbage out. A reply to the explanation "The computer made an error." Garbage In, Garbage Out (abbreviated to GIGO) is an aphorism in the field of computer science. ...

GOMS - Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules; hard science approach to HCI developed by Card, Moran & Newell in spelled out in their book "The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction, 1983. GOMS stands for Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules, an approach to human computer interaction observation developed by Stuart Card, Thomas P. Moran & Allen Newell, and spelled out in their book The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction, 1983. ...

GUI - Graphical User Interface; Any interface that uses graphics to interact with the user. In modern parlance, is typically synonymous with WIMP: An interface based on the desktop metaphor that usually contains icons, menus and windows. A graphical user interface (or GUI, sometimes pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text. ... Graphics are visual presentations on some surface such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper or stone to inform, illustrate or entertain. ... In human-computer interaction, WIMP stands for window, icon, menu, pointing device, denoting a style of interaction using these elements. ... A desktop is the horizontal surface of a desk. ... In language, a metaphor (from the Greek: metapherin) is a rhetorical trope defined as a direct comparison between two seemingly unrelated subjects. ... The Savior Not Made By Hands (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, image) is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. ... MENUS is the planet discovered by the scientific called Dr.Sunem who developed the -Neutronic Centre of Desmolecularitazion of Particules- in the Novel Trip to MENUS. A new world ... An example of a graphical user interface in Windows XP, with the My Music window displayed A window is a visual area, usually rectangular in shape, containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes. ...

Hypertext - A text organised in a nonlinear fashion, with links between pages providing possible directions in which to read on. In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), branch or perform on request. ...

ID10T error - A way technical support people use to describe a less-than-competent user. The characters resemble the word "Idiot".

Interface - parts of the computer that we work with; two different subsystems transmitting one piece of information to another;give and take of information

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. Rule of thumb for software designers and network administrators - to minimize dispersion and error proneness, keep your designs small.

LIFO - Last in first out structure. A stack. In a stack, the topmost item, which is added last, is taken out first. ... Look up Stack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

MMI - Man Machine Interface.

Nanotechnology - cellular, microscopic, level of technology A mite next to a gear set produced using MEMS, the precursor to nanotechnology. ...

Newbie - (Also n00b and newb) a newcomer to a certain computer topic or program, usually seeking out help from more experienced users. Usually, newbie/newb is neutral, where noob/n00b is derogatory. A newbie (1337: n00b) is a newcomer to a particular field, the term being commonly used on the Internet, where it might refer to new, inexperienced, or ignorant users of a game, a newsgroup, an operating system or the Internet itself. ...

Comp - an abreviated form of "computer". Comp is an abbreviation with multiple meanings: In music: An abbreviation for accompaniment, also specifically in jazz known as comping Shorthand for compilation, a collection of music by different artists In advertising, shorthand for comprehensive layout Slang for complimentary, generally something of value, like tickets to an event, that is...

Novice - a computer user that actually knows nothing, but boasts that they can figure it out.

PEBKAC - "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair". Refers to a non-existent computer problem that is actually just incompetence by the user. Allegedly, some users have ignorantly but helpfully told each level of technical support that the previous level "suspected a PEBKAC situation." Similar to PICNIC, Problem In Chair Not In Computer, PEBKAC is the acronym for Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair. Written PEBCAC, keyboard is replaced with computer. The phrase is often used within tech support (but not mentioned over the phone to the user who called) to refer to troublesome...

Provisioning - Provisioning can be defined as the process of expediting all the tasks between receiving a request for a service (for example: access to a web-enabled application from a potential customer) and making that service available to the customer. In telecommunication, provisioning is the act of acquiring telecommunications service (from the client side) or configuring it for use (from the provider side), from the submission of the requirement through the activation of service. ...

QFP - Quoted for permanence. A QFP or Quad Flat Package is an integrated circuit device with component leads extending from each of the four sides. ...

RTFM - Read The Fucking Manual. Common answer to basic and often repeated questions, that could be avoided in the first place just by looking at the manual. RTFM is an initialism for the statement Read The Fucking Manual. This instruction is usually given in response to a question which the responder knows or believes can be answered easily by reading relevant documentation, and suggests that the inquirer may be wasting peoples time. ...

Safe / regular / atomic semantics - different guarantee levels for shared data Safe Semantics is a term which describes the guarantees provided by a data register shared by several processors in a parallel machine or in a network of computers working together Safe semantics are defined formally in Lamports On Interprocess Communication Distributed Computing 1, 2 (1986), 77-101. ... Regular semantics is a term which describes the guarantees provided by a data register shared by several processors in a parallel machine or in a network of computers working together. ... Atomic Semantics is a term which describes the guarantees provided by a data register shared by several processors in a parallel machine or in a network of computers working together. ...

STFW - Search The Fucking Web. Common answer to basic and often repeated questions, that could be avoided in the first place just by searching for an answer on the web. RTFM is an acronym for the statement Read The Fucking Manual. This instruction is usually given in response to a question that can be answered easily by reading relevant documentation, and suggests that the inquirer may be wasting peoples time. ...

Treeware - paper version of something. As in, Bill Gates is reading the TreeWare version of the New York Times.

UI - User Interface, a way of controlling a computer or device. Can be graphical (see GUI) or not. The user interface is the part of a system exposed to users. ...

User-Friendly - The degree to which a computer user interface is adapted to interaction with human usage behavior User-friendly is a term often used to describe software and other technologies. ... The user interface is the part of a system exposed to users. ...

Wetware - a sentient organic being. Usually used for humans, but with an implicit wider scope.

white box (computer hardware) - homebrew computer system In computer hardware, a white box is a personal computer assembled from off-the-shelf parts which can be purchased separately at retail. ...

Widget - objects that make up interfaces, i.e. mouse, menus, textbox, buttons; basic tools and objects; a mini program, usually dependent on the internet, to facilitate the exchange of information. See DesktopX, Konfabulator or Dashboard (software). Widget is a general-purpose term, or placeholder name, for any unspecified device, including those that have not yet been invented. ... DesktopX is a shareware desktop enhancement program that allows users to build their own custom desktops with a friendly GUI. Amongst its features is a complete widget engine for Windows as well as a desktop object system. ... Screenshot of Konfabulator Screenshot of Konfabulator for Windows with Konsposé enabled. ... Dashboard is an application for Apple Computers Mac OS X operating system, used for hosting mini-applications known as widgets. It is a semi-transparent layer that is invisible to the user unless activated by a hotkey (which can be set to the users preference), and is only...

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get (but not very often!) Most is WYSIAYG (...All You Get!). WYSIWYG (pronounced wizzy-wig or wuzzy-wig) is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, and is used in computing to describe a system in which content during editing appears very similar to the final product. ...

See also: jargon file The Jargon File is a glossary of hacker slang. ...