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Computer science terms that sound like fantasy RPG abilities

I'll start:

  • Firewall
  • Virtual Memory
  • Single source of truth
  • Lossless Compression (this one sounds really powerful for some reason)

Your turn

Hard mode: Try not to include closer to domain-specific things like javascript library names

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

malloc

Tell me that isn't the name of a demon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Some fun ones here you guys can help me think of their purpose

Print spool MAC address System Time IPV4 and IPV6 Air gap Random Access Memory OS Kernal Memory Contoller South bridge North Bridge Corruption Device Manager Encryption SALT API Key System Services Device Drivers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Force Merge

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
  • Pseudocode

  • Daemon Thread

  • Ruby on Rails

  • Onion Router

  • Python Commands

All leap to mind.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

spawn daemon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Disaster Recovery sounds like a great party name.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'll just throw out there the old school halt and catch fire (also the name of a really good show I need to rewatch and actually finish sometime) but also who can't love lp0 on fire?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
  • 28k modem connection sounds *
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

wine control launches Wine's sparse control panel (most options are under winecfg). You can use it at fancy parties for fun tricks or to make someone puke.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I always found "The Perceptron" to have such a badass name…. 😅 (Math part was annoying though…)

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Feels like I should DM some Shadowrun or Cryptomancer sessions again. Just to use those.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Disconnect Peripheral: Removes someone's limb.

Critical Vulnerability: Increases critical hit rate.

Memory buffer: Allows you yo remember things better.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reroot tree: Tree digs itself out of the ground, walks to another location and takes root, as if it's always been there.

Heap sort: More advanced technique for which Reroot tree is a prerequisite for some reason. Arranges assortments of things into neat piles with only one kind of object per pile. Very useful when looking for things in treasure chambers.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

"I cast heap sort on the owlbear."

"..."

"The owlbear is sorted into neat piles, the first containing hair/nails/claws/beaks, the second feathers, the third bone, the fourth meat, the fifth blood.."

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