List of computer-related jargon
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This is a list of slang about computers, computer programs, computer programming, and people that deal with computers:
- BW
- "bandwidth"
- C|N>K
- "coffee through nose into keyboard" (a Unix-ism involving the command line pipe and redirect characters)
- CG
- "computer graphic"
- CTD
- "crash to desktop"
- CS
- "Computer science"
- D/C
- "disconnected"
- D/L
- "download"
- DoS
- "Denial of Service" (a malicious attack on a computer system)
- DOS
- "Disk Operating System"
- DSL
- "digital subscriber line"
- EBKAC
- "error between keyboard and chair" (See: PEBKAC)
- EULA
- "End User License Agreement"
- FTP
- "file transfer protocol" or "first to post"
- FXP
- "file exchange protocol"
- Guru
- an expert in some technical topic such as computer programming or systems administration
- IE
- Internet Explorer web browser
- IRC
- Internet Relay Chat
- M$
- "Microsoft"
- OC
- "Overclock" (generally used as tech talk. Can also be used as "OCed" as in overclocked)
- OOM
- "out of memory"
- OS
- "Operating System"
- PEBKAC
- "problem exists between keyboard and chair"
- PIC
- "program interrupt controller"
- PICNIC
- "problem in chair, not in computer"
- SysOp
- "system(s) operator"
- TBUC
- "technology beyond user comprehension"
- UA
- "User Agreement"/"User Agent"
- VoIP
- "Voice over IP" (phone conversations over a broadband connection)
- WYSIWYG
- "what you see is what you get" (pronounced "wizzywig"; printed output will look identical to its screen representation)
