Talk:HorizonVirtual:The Waker Dictionary
Project Wish List
- General terms used by Wakers.
- Waker Slang.
Sources
trey_palmer of the horizonvirtual Yahoo! Group provides the following resources for computer terms:
- http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/index.php
- http://whatis.techtarget.com/
- http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0006024.html
- http://www.csgnetwork.com/glossary.html
- http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html
- http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/index.html
--IMAGinES 17:16, 10 Jun 2005 (PDT)
Specific Ideas
Kernel
I also like the idea of using the term kernel to refer to a waker's soul.
--IMAGinES 16:25, 10 Jun 2005 (PDT)
Igtenio, however, has used the term as a direct replacement for "hit points", which does seem like a better idea.
--IMAGinES 19:08, 12 Jun 2005 (PDT)
Phishing
Here's a possible slang term: Phishing. As defined, it would seem an idealmatch for a waker con game; so maybe a phisher is a Virtual con-artist. --IMAGinES 16:04, 10 Jun 2005 (PDT)
General Notes
Other Ideas for Slang
- Applet - teasing/derogatory term for a Bantam or maybe a dreamer?
- Form Factor?
- Nybble: See Applet.
- Pinging also just has to be in there somewhere.
- Raw and Cooked Data?
- Readme, as in "Oh, come on, waker! Do you need a readme for this? It's easy!"
- Safe Mode?
--IMAGinES 16:19, 10 Jun 2005 (PDT)
- Aliased – jagged or serrated
- Anti-aliased: visually smooth; often used as a simile (“You’ve got some anti-aliased moves there, waker.”)
- Alpha/Beta/Gold: phases of developing an idea or plan; often used as epithets (“Pro’ never seems to get his mind beyond alpha.”)
- Defragment, -ation: Organise; tidy; bring order to chaos.
- Fragmentation: Entropy; discord; untidiness; sloppiness of maintenance.
- Pixels:
--IMAGinES 19:05, 12 Jun 2005 (PDT)