the jargon thread...

baud - ripoff of a popular British spy... Baud. Jon Baud.

next - trackball

Ripoff of a British Spy movie "Trackball" (talking of "Thunderball")

Or the melding of two popular Olympic sports..suchas Baseketball.

next--->Hub

What my neighbor's dog does every time I walk into the room... yep he is a crotch sniffer.

Next -> webcam

Hub - thing covering my car's wheels
Webcam - an excuse for grainy porn

next - DMCA

DMCA-- Dumb Male Chess Association... we don't play chess. We chew on the pieces.

Next->algorithm

(nice put together Govt)

For those of you who read "The Dark Tower"

Dim, and Ka---two terms from the series.

For those of you who don't

Da Man Kicks Ass - Obviously a reference to me...HAHA!!

Next---->NT

mine was better:D

OK... we'll just pretend that there's a K somewhere in DMCA, SoccerMom...

algorithm - Name of a former presidential candidate's new band
NT - never tested

Debugging (an easy one)

You are correct...I bow to you jargon master!


HAHA...great explanation!

>>OK... we'll just pretend that there's a K somewhere in DMCA, SoccerMom... :D :D :D :D

Debugging--What ---***paranoid***--- someone is listening to me!?? The cameras... they are everywhere.... aaarrrrrrrg

Next->LCD

Loose change depository - Technical name for the boxes sometimes by the cash registers at restaurants...

Flat-Panel...

What some of the guys thought about that server rack of the girl who worked at McDonalds (please refer to earlier posts in this thread)

Next------>Athalon

Athletic competition consisting of only one event.

Next... consultant

Who Bruce Willis played in the movie "The Kid"

next----> Trinitron

next--Trinitron

Trini Lopez' pet name for his computer.

next: Office Jet

OfficeJet - What my boss spent everyone's Christmas bonuses on...

Next - lvalue.

The value that falls directly between kvalue, and mvalue.

next---> I/O

I/O - "In or Out?" - What I say to my cat when I try to let her out and she just sits in the bloody doorway...

Next - Compaq

Compaq - a british auto or a womans make-up kit.

next up -> RAMDAC

RAMDAC - New insurance provider and competitor with AFLAC

Next... Beta

Beta: It's Greek to me.

Next: DLL.

DLL - New ebonics term - even lower than Down Low. (DL)

next - XML

Quote:

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DLL - New ebonics term - even lower than Down Low. (DL)

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That is good...lol...really good. I am going to start using that one now.

XML: seX Malfunction Line - where you have to wait if you had problems last night and something is hurting...

next up -> AOL

Glad you liked it....

AOL - The way us "special" poepel speeell Owl.

next up - Processor

Processor - aka blender...

next - WAN

WAN - an asian name that has suddenly become incredibly popular

next up -> LAN

Nickname for the sometimes-pilot of the Millenium Falcon...

Next - slashdot

slashdot - what somebody did with a sword to the character Dot on Anamaniacs

next up -> WinMain

Slashdot - a new serial killer movie involving programmers. (They SHOULD make one!)

next up - Maxell

derivative of the name maxine... for use when naming multiple kids...

dat tape...

>WinMain

Jackpot.

>dat tape

russian duct tape


next -> F12

*notes that some mod went post-delete happy on him*

We'll just say you meant to say F1, ok? I have a better one for it..

F1 - The first jet fighter plane based off of the wright brothers' design. It's little-known because of the massive failures (particularly the pilots falling out)

Next - RPG

aaahhhhh Real Pretty Girls....

Gotta love those...

and --> ATX

ATX - All Terrain Xylophone - Like a normal one, except with bigger tires (or "tyres") :p

DTR

DTR - Discriminating Taliban Rumor

next - Fingerprint Recognition

Fingerprint Recognition - finally realizing what's causing your CD's to skip

Next.... Retinal Scan

Retinal Scan:

Generation X slang for "Here's looking at you, kid." (Casablanca)


next -> eBay

eBay - famous site where people gather to sell sandwiches that may or may not have been half-eaten by Britany Spears and try to offload their collections of Pokemon cards, Pogs, Troll dolls, and Garbage Pail Kids cards... See also: Online garage sale

next: password

Password: GIving your/a copy of MS Office to someone else.

Next... RTS

When a driver wants to turn right onto another road, he/she must use their Right Turning Signal!

Next---->Microprocessor

Microprocessor - little blender

Next - NAND

Misspelling of a singular unit in the male anatomy--(a slang term )


Next---->OR

*It's logic day at the www.cprogramming.com board!!!!!*

OR - what you row with

flip-flop...

Flip-Flop: A type a sandal, usually worn on/for the beach.

Next... Reentrant

Flip-Flop (n.) 1. an acrobatic move consisting of turning completely over ones self 2. Slang terms for sandals that have no back restraint SEE SANDALS;SLIPPERS 3. The sound that excrement makes when leaving the occupant and splasing into toilet water....Ewwwww....

Next----->FORTRAN

Alcoholic drink... get one and watch your stomach go flip-flop...

FORT RANT = town in southern florida... people there always rant
Reentrant = 24h shop, where you are always welcome

next -> Client

Client - Good book by John Grisham, made into crappy movie with Susan Sarandon and Brad Renfro

Next - Trojan

OR: A woman of negotiable affection for financial compensation

FORTRAN: A Quartet of Cross-Dressers:

Client: Someone who uses the services of an OR.

Next... MP3

< insider value = trojan >
Complicated programm by David to prove that a horse
indeed is a horse and not an COrse Handle.
< /insider >

next -> proxy

MP3 - Ranking of a Male Prostitute in the U.S. Army.

Next: Nibble

David

Nice, nv!

proxy - next generation acne fighting pads...
mp3 - new form of civil disobedience (at least for people who can't find anything else they don't like)

Nibble -> something you do to HappyCakes!

next -> Tablet

Nibble - Something you have to pay an OR extra to do
Tablet - see Torvalds

Next - LILO

LILO -> something you do after robbing a bank.

nect -> LED

lol no-one - I didn't ever think of that... :D

LED - heavy element used to shield from radiation...

next-chipset

chipset - a set of very rare potato chips shaped like barn animals

next-> CD-RW

Cassette Deck Re Wind.

Those machine's you get your dad for father's day that he never uses--in the shape of '60s cars and what not.

Next---->Input Box

(Notice how I bait the sick-minded fellows out there...let's see what turns up.)

Input Box - the little cylindrical thing I put my check in when I deposit it at the bank (yeah right, like I can afford to deposit money...)

JavaScript

I see no-one's on a roll.

JavaScript--where Java lies buried, R.I.P.

next: Navigator

rick barclay

Navigator - It's the Lincoln SUV - big, bloated, ugly (it parallels the computer version nicely, don't you think? :p)

Next - trolls

trolls - Top Rank OR's Lobbying for Lusty Senators

Next: Inception

David

Quote:

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FORT RANT = town in southern florida... people there always rant

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*snaps* now I know where I know [stealth] from - he grew up in Fort Rant, it's just a quick 3-mile hop, skip and jump down I-95 from my house.

:p

Inception - Incestful Conception (ewwww....)

next - handle (getting a grip on your joystick? lol! :p)

handle - something you don't do to women

next - RDRAM

RDRAM - Really Dumb Ram... A sheeplike beast with a low IQ

Next - Open-source

the new ad line for Radio Shack "its your one open source for..."

next -> GPL

giraffe propulsion laboratory... a JPL side project...

next...

execute

execute: what the firing squad did to the people

next up -> WindowShell.Manifest

in other words... DOS...

next...

DX...

Dick Xpertz
otherwise know as DirectX :p
Next --> CRT

CRT: so it's a Car Race, Then?

next up -> FTP

>WindowShell.Manifest

Window - plane of glass
Shell -----Covering
Manifest- to show clearly

A plane of glass that covers something show clearly.(appertly the glass is tinted)

>DX...


A group of wreslers from WWF namly HHH, x-pac, and road dog. No longer around at this time.

Next------>FTP

posting to fast

HE SAID FTP GO WITH FTP OR I WILL TEAR OUT YOUR EYEBALLS

ok ftp

Fast turbo posting. (what you guys and girls have)

next >>>>>APG

APG - A Pink Gorilla

next -> AGP

AGP: Amicus gustat plaudit

next up -> COBOL

COBOL - A bowler's partner (alt. spelling - Co-Bowl)

Next - thread

Thread:

Made of computer wool, it's used to hold programs together.
To compile a program, you need a needle and a sewing kit.
Extremly complicated or long programs are called multi-threaded.

next -> Icon

Icon - what Bill says to himself about selling software.

next-> EPROM

EPROM (Ep-Rome)
Enterprise Edition of the famous italian capital.
Integrated cash optimizer ( pickpocket ).
Free Vatican inside.

next -> OSD

OSD - Obviously Simple Dude (or -KEN-)

next -> TSR