Computer slang

Unit VI: Technological Advances on Computer Science
Topic: Computer slang
II Grade Technical English
April
20th,2013
1 Facilitador: Lic. Uriel a. Ramírez
Objective: The student will learn through the vocabulary funny slang and abbreviations in chats and other social-
digital information as Engineers.
Typically, there is a relaxed attitude towards the rules of grammar.
Vocabulary
1337: One of the best hackers or coders that you
know
Ex: You should watch out for SatanSpawn666, he is
totally 1337.
Alpha geek: The guy the others Engineers go to
when they have a problem they can‟t solve
Ex: I can’t find the source of this bug. I am going to
ask the alpha geek what he thinks.
AFAIK (as far as I know): something you type in a
chat message to say you are not 100% sure about
the accuracy of your statement.
Ex: AFAIK it’s cold in Alaska even in the summer.
AFK (away from keyboard): busy in the „real world‟;
often used in chats after a long pause in chats
Ex: Mickey453: sorry was afk!
BRB (be right back): something you say in a chat
message to show you will need to go to the toilet or
go grab a Coke.
Ex: I got to go to punish the porcelain….BRB.
FU (F**k you): something very nasty to say
something when they upset you.
Ex: ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!
FTW (for the win): something to say when you are
trying to accomplish something important and you are
very near to your goal
Ex: Lizard Team attack! FTW!
IMHO (in my humble opinion): something to put in a
chat before stating something which is subjective (not
a fact).
Ex: IMHO software developers should make more
money than lawyers
L&R (later): something you say when you are leaving
a chat.
Ex: cu l&r alig&r!
LMAO (laughing my ass off): something to type
when someone else types something funny
Ex: john: I just caught my Dad surfing wrong web
pages Dirk: LMAO!
LOL (laughing out loud): something to type when
someone else types something funny
Ex: Dirk: My mom sent me a p0rn virus Peter: lol!
Leech: a derogatory term for a person who uses
download bandwidth without contributing appropriate
upload bandwidth.
Ex: many bitorrent users are essentially leeches who
are only there to download pirated material.
N00b: someone who can‟t hack or program very well
Ex: Bill is an n00b. He can’t even navigate the
command line without a book.
ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing):something to
type when lol or LMAO isn‟t enough.
Ex: Dirk: My dumb brother just dropped his new
iPhone in the toilet! ROFTL!

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TIL (today I learned):something to type in chat
before stating a humorous or educational fact…
Ex: TIL that sharks cannot stop swimming or they will
drown
WTF (what the f**k): a very impolite but sometimes
funny thing to ask when you don‟t understand
something someone else is talking about.
Ex: George said he likes to eat shoes? Wtf!
Code monkey: someone who sits and programs all
day; someone who is only valued for their
programming skills.
Ex: The bad software architect said,” Tell the
developers to stop thinking and start typing like good
little code monkeys!”
Early adopter: a person who likes new things and
often buys them before they are proven
Ex: A geek is typical early adopter, often trying the
latest and greatest technology before their peers have
even heard of it.
EOL (end of life): the point when something is no
longer useful or relevant.
Ex: Do you think compiled languages have reached
their EOL?
Fanboy: someone obsessed or devoted to a
particular item or genre
Ex: Tom is such fanboy he stills uses his old
commodore Amiga as his main computer.
Flame: to write an intentionally abusive reply to a
comment or forum post
Ex: Joe the sysadmin got sent to counseling he
started too many flame wars on the company intranet.
Geek: an individual with a passion for computers, to
exclusion of other normal human interests.
Ex: The geek did not have a girlfriend, but he had a
computer named Lisa that he programmed to sing
love songs to him before bed.
Horked: completely broken in some mysterious way;
corrupted.
Ex: The web sites crashed because the server was
completely horked.
Killer app: a piece of software which redefines the
industry, often causing people to rush out and buy
new hardware so they can use it.
Ex: Email was the first killer app of the web.
Leading edge: at the forefront of a new technology;
also referred to as “state-of-the-art”
Ex: Kyle’s company is so leading edge they buy
everyone new computers every six months.
Pita (pain in the ass): this is nerd slang for anything
annoying.
Ex: Installing and configuring a Linux wireless
network card can be a real pita.
PHB (pointy haired boss): this is a derogatory
reference to a stereotypical IT manager who chooses
their technology platforms based on the latest TV
commercial and have no knowledge at all of what
their employees actually do.
Ex: This is how the PHB is described on the Dilbert
web site: “He’s every employee’s worst nightmare. He
wasn’t born mean an unscrupulous, he worked hard
at it. And succeed. As for stupidity, well, some things
are inborn.”
Spaghetti code: a derogatory term for poorly
organized code.

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Ex: The lead programmer threw his hands up in the
air and screamed when he saw the 10,000 lines long
file of spaghetti code that management asked him to
debug.
Trendsetter: some who successfully defines a path
for the rest of the industry to follow.
Ex: Apple Inc. is a company of trendsetters. Everyone
else is just following them now.
Troll: a person who writes intentionally controversial
posts on a user forum in order to start a flame war.
Ex: The forum’s popularity among serious users went
down when the system operator refused to banish the
trolls.
Whatever:Something sarcastic you can say to non-
technical people when they tell repeatedly gives you
misguided technical instructions that are impossible,
impractical, dangerous, or overly time-consuming.
Ex:”Whatever, dude,” replied the programmer when
the middle manager asked him drop everything and
recover some files he accidentally deleted from the
network drive.

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