[RESOLVED] Tech slang

[jvalliere]

I wanna know what type of "tech slang" do you use that no one else understands?

I told someone that I had to "bounce" the server. (Take it down and bring it back up.)

And I got the weirdest look. (Picture of me bouncing the server down the hall going through his mind.)

What other slang do you know of that only we techs understand?




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I keep hitting Escape...Why am I still here??

[Falcon]

the any key

any technical words(router, switch, hub, gateway, ip address, MAC, cat5 cable, lan, etc.)

Hell, even Reboot.

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Hehe, you're silly.

[MacGyver]

Our head company tech didn't know what a "mobo" was.

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[cleetus]

Yeah, I love the bounce. Say it to the "Network Engineers" or my boss and it reminds me of the look my ceramic Scooby Doo gives me when I am discussing the inside politics of Indonesia to him.

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I didn't do it!!!!

[kubrick]

"Right Click"

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Calculating free space (this may take several minutes)...

[repoman]

I like the expression l get when l tell my customers that "I am going to blow away their Hard Drive!!" They think l'm some crazy madman Tech!

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I thought l had seen it all, till the next customer walked in!

[Darren Wilson]

'Installing Central Heating'

I will let you guess what this one is as it isn't that difficult

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[pakprotector]

Oh man being an Environmental Manager and the Department IS Coordinator I get all of the great acronym's (i.e. RCRA, TSCA, AHERA, SARA, WYSIWYG, NIC, SCSI, USB).
But my favorite's are: Defrag the Drive and Boot off the floppy! (huh! Blank stare - did he say something dirty and is it legal ).


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[Jpbtennisman]

Just tell the customer (or Gateway tech support ) that the system has an Asynchronous I/O Data Transfer Overflow error. I have no idea what I just said but it sounds complicated.

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[pumpkinhead77]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Jpbtennisman:
I have no idea what I just said

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You never know what you are saying

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[Vette2000]

Hey kubrick
I don't know if you ever do any phone support, but it always seems like when you first tell a customer to right click every click they do after that seems to be a right click?

About the question, blow the stack (network), wipe out the HDD, enter your password, or just about any other simple computer command for that matter!!!

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[senectus - kbgm]

When ever I try to explain using *nix terms... (TCPDUMP, tracert, arp request,syn attack, etc)

Also my personal fav's are ID10T (idiot), UBn'C error (User Brain Not Connected), PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair).

And I love being able to call everyone a L-User and not even my boss knows that I'm pulling the piss out of them *grin*

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[LPetrarca]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by senectus - kbgm:
When ever I try to explain using *nix terms... (TCPDUMP, tracert, arp request,syn attack, etc)

Also my personal fav's are ID10T (idiot), UBn'C error (User Brain Not Connected), PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair).

And I love being able to call everyone a L-User and not even my boss knows that I'm pulling the piss out of them *grin*

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UBn'C error......I like that one!

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[kingtbone]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
'Installing Central Heating'

I will let you guess what this one is as it isn't that difficult

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LOL, Can't avoid them cheapshots can ya Darren? It's ok, I got a laugh out of it once I figured it out.


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[MAYHEM]

Looks like your modem is emulating English Muffins....

Yeah, it's toast.

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