Tech Terms (continuation)

This time I'm going to continue listing the most popular tech terms. Learn them:

• mommy-save - slang for the act of indiscriminately clicking 'Save' without first choosing an appropriate folder to in which to store the document;
• morph or morphing - it most commonly refers to special effects morphing and it is the animated transformation of one image into another, by a gradual distortion of the first image;
• opt-out (a.k.a. opt out) - any time a user requests to be removed from any kind of online program, he or she is said to be "opting out";
• PING or ping (Packet Internet Groper) - traditionally this term refers to an Internet program used to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible or online;
• radar screen - in modern jargon, this refers to the range of interests that a company or individual is focused on;
• rant-and-rave - to speak on and on about something you feel passionate for;
• scaleable or scalability - refers to the ability of hardware or software to adapt to increased demands while continuing to work accurately;
• showstopper (a.k.a. a big bug) - slang for anything that has the potential to halt the shipment or to stop the launch of a new product;
• yoyo mode -the state in which a computer rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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Tech Terms

The tech terms I am going to mention have already become common expressions. Check your knowledge and decide whether you know them or not:

• 404 (I haven't a clue) - originally a technical term for Not Found 404 (which is an error message seen on a Web page to indicate a requested URL was not found on a server);
• age - actually it is "-age" which is a suffix used in slang to exaggerate a word and give it much larger meaning;
• brain dump - to empty one's brain of any and all information relating to a particular subject;
• cached out - slang for extremely tired;
• cryptic - primarily used as slang, it refers to anything that is hard to read;
• dead-tree version (a.k.a. forestware or tree version or treeware) - slang for a printed document or publication, as opposed to an electronic version;
• down time - this expression refers to lost production time due to a broken machine and its operator being unable to work;
• eye candy - slang for extra graphics (or images) included on a Web page with the intent of making it look better;
• huge pipes - slang for a high-bandwidth Internet connection;
• meatspace - slang for the real world, as opposed to cyberspace.
  
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Newbie Terms (continuation)

Here is the next portion of NetLingo terms for newbies:

• RTM (Read The Manual) - proper netiquette on newsgroups calls for users not to post newbie questions that could otherwise be answered by taking some time to "read the manual";
• sig file (short for: signature file) - a short statement at the end of an e-mail message; it identifies the sender and provides additional information, such as an address and phone number;
• silver surfer - an adult, generally 50 years of age or older, who frequently surfs the Web and spends time online ("silver" refers to the color of their hair);
• snail mail (a.k.a. smail) -  regular postal mail; the obvious connotation of this term is that postal mail is slow;
• texting (a.k.a. texting, text message, person-to-person messaging, p2p messaging, SMS) - the act of typing and sending a brief, electronic message (less than 160 characters) via a wireless network to another person so that they can view the short message on any number of mobile or handheld devices, such as a Blackberry, a cell phone, a PDA, a handy, or a pager;
• troll (a.k.a. trolling) - online it originally meant the act of posting a message in a newsgroup (and later on a blog) that is obviously exaggerating something on a particular topic, hoping to trick a newbie into posting a follow-up article that points out the mistake.