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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
malloc
Tell me that isn’t the name of a demon.
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
Superuser
Force Merge
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Pseudocode
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Daemon Thread
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Ruby on Rails
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Onion Router
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Python Commands
All leap to mind.
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spawn daemon
Disaster Recovery sounds like a great party name.
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 lovelp0 on fire?
- 28k modem connection sounds *
Boot
wine control
launches Wine’s sparse control panel (most options are underwinecfg
). You can use it at fancy parties for fun tricks or to make someone puke.I always found “The Perceptron” to have such a badass name…. 😅 (Math part was annoying though…)
Ethernet
Feels like I should DM some Shadowrun or Cryptomancer sessions again. Just to use those.
Disconnect Peripheral: Removes someone’s limb.
Critical Vulnerability: Increases critical hit rate.
Memory buffer: Allows you yo remember things better.