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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #100 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 13:26:22 »
HDDs are still in use.  We use them plenty at work because SSDs are nice and all but when you need many petabytes of data and need multiple tiers of data, HDDs are still far cheaper.

As for mainframes.  Yeah, not really.  They're still huge with various companies.  I've watched companies spend millions upon millions trying to do one thing; replace their mainframe.  The main problem with mainframes is lack of people to support them.  I'm not sure I know anyone familiar with mainframes in the US that's under the age 50.  I've tinkered with them in a mainframe emulator (Hercules) running MVS 3.8j as well as having had access to them at work but IBM mainframes, at least, are a different world of computing.

For my list.

SNA - I was so glad when some companies we work with killed their SNA requirement.  I had to support SNA services running on AIX.  Supported it on Solaris at a previous job.  What a pain. 
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AOS (Data General's competitor to VMS)
VSOS (Wang's competitor to VMS)
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DEC Alpha - remember how those were going to be the future?
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Amiga - I kid, sort of
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DB25
ATDT!  Hey, if we're doing AT commands, we need that one.


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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #101 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 13:29:49 »
Here is one I miss hearing (not really)...

"Has anyone checked the Majordomo server?"
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #102 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 13:38:17 »

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #103 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 13:44:12 »
Majordomo

Major Domo?

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Hahaha!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majordomo_%28software%29

Basically, it is a mailing list software. So before people could all get online and easily chat there were these mailing list servers that you could email and have it go out to all the recipients. We had one that ran on old ass Spark hardware using an equally old version of Solaris. I HATED IT.
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #104 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 13:49:07 »
modem drivers
ISA slot
AGP slot


And for someone that said SCSI drives. I still use them :\

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #105 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 13:50:54 »
Zip (now we compress or archive, we don't 'zip' files)

I still zip files all the time. I just don't use PKZIP.EXE anymore.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #106 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 14:04:03 »
ISA cards are still used in some industries.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #107 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 14:23:17 »

Okay. So what is the new word now? And why did it change? We still have local networks that host internal services for companies, no? What should I be calling this now?

LAN


And if they can still VPN into that network?

VLAN! (Just kidding please don't throw your other shoe at me)

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #108 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 14:33:47 »
scanreg /restore

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #109 on: Fri, 15 January 2016, 16:54:47 »
ZIP floppies…

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #110 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 01:46:04 »
"Classful Networking". I got my AA in networking a few years ago and the curriculum still had it. I'm getting better at using CIDR jargon, but every now and then I start referring to classful IP ranges, which a bad habit I really need to break out of.
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #111 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 02:02:50 »
DB25

I'd love to pair Centronics 36 with this one, a contract I did last year exposed me to the wonders of old label printers and how some companies simply cannot let go of their aging units.

What's interesting to me is that they're not -that- old either.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #112 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 02:55:40 »
HTFUP

(Harden The F- Up)

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« Reply #113 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 03:46:34 »
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #114 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 13:05:44 »
programmer

Apparently we're "coders" now. When did that happen?

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #115 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 13:09:18 »
programmer

Apparently we're "coders" now. When did that happen?


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« Reply #116 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 16:13:39 »
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #117 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 20:01:41 »
programmer

Apparently we're "coders" now. When did that happen?

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #118 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 20:24:58 »
programmer

Apparently we're "coders" now. When did that happen?

Yep. Sort of like calling a writer (or author) a "texter".
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #119 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 20:37:42 »
programmer

Apparently we're "coders" now. When did that happen?

Yep. Sort of like calling a writer (or author) a "texter".

I've never heard this term used this way before. :confused:

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« Reply #120 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 20:51:26 »
Coding or texting? It could be argued that it's strange to call an author a "texter" because the "body" of his work is text. Therefore, It could be said that it's equally strange to call a programmer a "coder" because the "body" of his work is code.

Programmers have traditionally called: programmers, software engineers, or developers. Coder is another term for programmer that's really only become mainstream in the last 5-10 years.

Edit: I don't care either way...just sayin' I agree with Hashbaz that it sounds a little strange when you think about it...
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #121 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 20:53:43 »
Feels like it coincided with the "everyone can/should code" movement.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #122 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 21:19:35 »
VESA
VESA is still used, but not in that context. It's a standards organization after all. For instance, we still have VESA mode on Linux systems, and people tend to call the VESA MIS standard for monitor mounts just "VESA".

I still can't believe those guys get paid for what's essentially ball parking how far apart to place screw holes..  .. oh that's a big monitor, gotta be like what 100 mm.. yea that sounds bout right.. u owe me $100 for that thx....

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #123 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 00:38:18 »

"Intranet"
"Hub"
"ISDN"

Post your favorite outdated IT words.....or don't, and watch us IT people do it. =D

How is intranet outdated?

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #124 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 00:41:55 »
Life is an IT word I have never heard
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #125 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 00:59:43 »
How is intranet outdated?

We had this debate a page or so back. :)

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #126 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 01:10:03 »
HDD jumper settings
EIDE/IDE
The word 'Application'
« Last Edit: Thu, 18 February 2016, 11:29:44 by csmertx »
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Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #127 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 01:24:53 »
How is intranet outdated?

We had this debate a page or so back. :)

Yeah I read up after the post ;)

Can I add... sysop
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #128 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 03:39:16 »
programmer

Apparently we're "coders" now. When did that happen?

Yep. Sort of like calling a writer (or author) a "texter".

And calling a computer a programmee :))
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #129 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 04:20:48 »
Intel Iris Graphics.
AMD Jaguar microarchitecture.
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #130 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 09:18:29 »
Intel Iris Graphics.
AMD Jaguar microarchitecture.

Man, I wanted a Jaguar SO BAD when I was younger.
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #131 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 23:10:37 »
Intel Iris Graphics.
AMD Jaguar microarchitecture.

Man, I wanted a Jaguar SO BAD when I was younger.

So did I lol and a Neo Geo.

Another word I don't hear as much these days is VGA

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #132 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 23:34:02 »
Intel Iris Graphics.
AMD Jaguar microarchitecture.

Man, I wanted a Jaguar SO BAD when I was younger.

So did I lol and a Neo Geo.

Another word I don't hear as much these days is VGA
Same here. I remember reading about them in random video game books I would find at the library.
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #133 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 23:37:21 »
Cloud...

Haha.  Companies everywhere are cloud washes their products and about 2% of the population actually knows what it even means...

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #134 on: Thu, 18 February 2016, 23:42:08 »
Cloud...

Haha.  Companies everywhere are cloud washes their products and about 2% of the population actually knows what it even means...
Cloud just means your stuff is on someone else's computer. ;)
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #135 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 00:06:31 »
Cloud...

Haha.  Companies everywhere are cloud washes their products and about 2% of the population actually knows what it even means...
Cloud just means your stuff is on someone else's computer. ;)
Haha. Ya, I saw that sticker on the interwebs. That was well played. :)

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« Reply #136 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 03:07:43 »
Intel Iris Graphics.
AMD Jaguar microarchitecture.

Man, I wanted a Jaguar SO BAD when I was younger.

So did I lol and a Neo Geo.

Another word I don't hear as much these days is VGA

I saw VGA recently in the news - people saying that VGA was finally dead.

:))
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #137 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 06:35:44 »
programmer

Apparently we're "coders" now. When did that happen?
Standardization of the industry, I suppose. More division of labor, at least in corporate environment.

IMHO there are relatively large semantic differences.

A coder a specialist, that writes code, but doesn't do architecture/design (or other high-level decisions); they don't have to be programming though (e.g., if they write only HTML&CSS). Just like a tester only tests the product.
A software developer, on the other hand, does a little bit of everything.
And a programmer is anyone, who programs machines, including CNC, in which case you probably wouldn't call them a developer.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #138 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 09:59:46 »
Those divisions have always existed. What's new is I now hear people talk about going to school to "learn to code", or getting asked "you're a coder aren't you?"

Even junior programmers design their solutions to match the requirements of the specs that they're given by higher-ups. Coding used to refer literally to just the typing part of writing a computer program, but now people seem to view the whole process as coding.
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #139 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 10:07:57 »
Not to such extent. I like this analogy with plumbing.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #140 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 13:38:22 »
Cloud...

Haha.  Companies everywhere are cloud washes their products and about 2% of the population actually knows what it even means...
Cloud just means your stuff is on someone else's computer. ;)
Haha. Ya, I saw that sticker on the interwebs. That was well played. :)

You mean like the one I have on my work laptop.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #141 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 14:05:41 »
Cloud...

Haha.  Companies everywhere are cloud washes their products and about 2% of the population actually knows what it even means...
Cloud just means your stuff is on someone else's computer. ;)
Haha. Ya, I saw that sticker on the interwebs. That was well played. :)

You mean like the one I have on my work laptop.
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I need that on a shirt.

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« Last Edit: Fri, 19 February 2016, 14:07:12 by csmertx »
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #143 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 14:17:59 »
"We don't need Data Centres anymore, we'll just put it all on the cloud!"

So, in someone else's Data Centre?
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« Reply #144 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 14:50:57 »
Cloud...

Haha.  Companies everywhere are cloud washes their products and about 2% of the population actually knows what it even means...
Cloud just means your stuff is on someone else's computer. ;)
Haha. Ya, I saw that sticker on the interwebs. That was well played. :)

You mean like the one I have on my work laptop.
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Yep. That's the one. :)

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #145 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 14:52:48 »
"We don't need Data Centres anymore, we'll just put it all on the cloud!"

So, in someone else's Data Centre?
Ya basically.

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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #146 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 15:29:29 »
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #147 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 18:41:50 »
Coding used to refer literally to just the typing part of writing a computer program, but now people seem to view the whole process as coding.

Yep, and the code itself.
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #148 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 20:47:59 »
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Re: Outdated IT words or phrases
« Reply #149 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 21:13:39 »
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