Outdated IT words or phrases

[digi]

"Intranet"
"Hub"
"ISDN"

Post your favorite outdated IT words.....or don't, and watch us IT people do it.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

[SpAmRaY]

geek
hack

[FLFisherman]

I like the term "bug."

In 1946, when Hopper was released from active duty, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she continued her work on the Mark II and Mark III. Operators traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book. Stemming from the first bug, today we call errors or glitches in a program a bug.

[beehatch]

geek
hack

yur so clever it hurts

[hashbaz]

Information Superhighway
"the net"

I'm so glad we all just say internet now.

[dgneo]

token ring
NT
bonzi buddy
dialup
handshake
pda

[redbanshee]

Internet Privacy

[baldgye]

webmaster

[Waateva]

World Wide Web

[madhias]

Floppy disk

[HoffmanMyster]

"Intranet"

Do people not use this word anymore? 

[Findecanor]

"Graphics accelerator"

I loathe "information superhighway" and "web surfing". I sometimes write the latter word, but with an 'e' because it is more descriptive that way ...

[baldgye]

"Intranet"

Do people not use this word anymore? 

...yes

[HoffmanMyster]

"Intranet"

Do people not use this word anymore? 

...yes

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?

[baldgye]

"Intranet"

Do people not use this word anymore? 

...yes

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?

oh wait I read your post wrong, I thought it read "do people still use this word" ...

[Waateva]

Turbo button

I just recently learned that the Turbo button actually slowed down your computer to allow compatibility with programs that otherwise wouldn't have run on the newer, faster chips that were coming out.

[digi]

Internet Privacy

good one

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

[trizkut]

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?

[digi]

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?

LAN

[inanis]

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

Intranet is right. LAN is a much broader term. At least that his how I feel.

[digi]

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that most IT shops in WI still use the word "Intranet" )

[dgneo]

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4364

If all the sites in a VPN are owned by the same enterprise, the VPN may be thought of as a corporate "intranet".  If the various sites in a VPN are owned by different enterprises, the VPN may be thought of as an "extranet".  A site can be in more than one VPN; e.g., in an intranet and in several extranets.  In general, when we use the term "VPN" we will not be distinguishing between intranets and extranets.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149

This memo describes an experimental method for the encapsulation of IP datagrams in avian carriers.  This specification is primarily useful in Metropolitan Area Networks.  This is an experimental, not recommended standard.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

[digi]

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4364

If all the sites in a VPN are owned by the same enterprise, the VPN may be thought of as a corporate "intranet".  If the various sites in a VPN are owned by different enterprises, the VPN may be thought of as an "extranet".  A site can be in more than one VPN; e.g., in an intranet and in several extranets.  In general, when we use the term "VPN" we will not be distinguishing between intranets and extranets.

That RFC was written in 2006. VPN can terminate in any part of the network you configure, by no means is it restricted to an Intranet. You can have a VPN terminiate in your DMZ, LAN, WAN, wherever you want.

You should read the RFC from 2015 good sir, the word Intranet isn't used once.

[dgneo]

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4364

If all the sites in a VPN are owned by the same enterprise, the VPN may be thought of as a corporate "intranet".  If the various sites in a VPN are owned by different enterprises, the VPN may be thought of as an "extranet".  A site can be in more than one VPN; e.g., in an intranet and in several extranets.  In general, when we use the term "VPN" we will not be distinguishing between intranets and extranets.

That RFC was written in 2006. VPN can terminate in any part of the network you configure, by no means is it restricted to an Intranet. You can have a VPN terminiate in your DMZ, LAN, WAN, wherever you want.

You should read the RFC from 2015 good sir, the word Intranet isn't used once.

Oh I know it's out of date, that's the point of the thread

See my edit for IP via Avian

[digi]

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4364

If all the sites in a VPN are owned by the same enterprise, the VPN may be thought of as a corporate "intranet".  If the various sites in a VPN are owned by different enterprises, the VPN may be thought of as an "extranet".  A site can be in more than one VPN; e.g., in an intranet and in several extranets.  In general, when we use the term "VPN" we will not be distinguishing between intranets and extranets.

That RFC was written in 2006. VPN can terminate in any part of the network you configure, by no means is it restricted to an Intranet. You can have a VPN terminiate in your DMZ, LAN, WAN, wherever you want.

You should read the RFC from 2015 good sir, the word Intranet isn't used once.

Oh I know it's out of date, that's the point of the thread

See my edit for IP via Avian

We still friends?

[dgneo]

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4364

If all the sites in a VPN are owned by the same enterprise, the VPN may be thought of as a corporate "intranet".  If the various sites in a VPN are owned by different enterprises, the VPN may be thought of as an "extranet".  A site can be in more than one VPN; e.g., in an intranet and in several extranets.  In general, when we use the term "VPN" we will not be distinguishing between intranets and extranets.

That RFC was written in 2006. VPN can terminate in any part of the network you configure, by no means is it restricted to an Intranet. You can have a VPN terminiate in your DMZ, LAN, WAN, wherever you want.

You should read the RFC from 2015 good sir, the word Intranet isn't used once.

Oh I know it's out of date, that's the point of the thread

See my edit for IP via Avian

We still friends?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

tape backups

[inanis]

tape backups

It is outdated....it it is what we still use (in part). SO PAINFUL!

Thank goodness that **** isn't my job. 

[HoffmanMyster]

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that most IT shops in WI still use the word "Intranet" )

Wow.

[katushkin]

If it's not a publicly accessible internet, it's an intranet. Just because you can use remote access to get to it, doesn't mean it's not called an intranet.

To clarify, I'm talking about an internal internet page for employee self service and stuff, not just your personal files and stuff.

tape backups

We were still using these a year ago...

[digi]

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that most IT shops in WI still use the word "Intranet" )

Wow.

Please rate our cyber-friendship on a scale of 1-10..

[HoffmanMyster]

If it's not a publicly accessible internet, it's an intranet. Just because you can use remote access to get to it, doesn't mean it's not called an intranet.

To clarify, I'm talking about an internal internet page for employee self service and stuff, not just your personal files and stuff.

I admit I'm not in IT, but this is was I was always taught.  Seems strange to just abandon a term when the technology is largely the same (unless I missed something).

tape backups

We were still using these a year ago...

Last I heard, Google keeps emails backed up on tape backups.  Maybe that changed too though.  )

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that most IT shops in WI still use the word "Intranet" )

Wow.

Please rate our cyber-friendship on a scale of 1-10..

That's a small range...hmm.  11?

[digi]

That's a small range...hmm.  11?

[Waateva]

tape backups

We were still using these a year ago...

Last I heard, Google keeps emails backed up on tape backups.  Maybe that changed too though.  )

My friend did IT work for 5/3 Bank and as of about 2-3 years ago they still used tape backups as well.

[HoffmanMyster]

That's a small range...hmm.  11?

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Yeah except I was responding in binary since IT thread.

[digi]

That's a small range...hmm.  11?

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Yeah except I was responding in binary since IT thread.

Our relationship is Simplex then?? I'm just throwin love at ya and nothing in return? rude..

[cryptokey]

"Intranet"

Do people not use this word anymore? 

Most big companies have intranets; I'd say its still in use.

[HoffmanMyster]

That's a small range...hmm.  11?

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Yeah except I was responding in binary since IT thread.

Our relationship is Simplex then?? I'm just throwin love at ya and nothing in return? rude..

:-*  no ur rood

[digi]

That's a small range...hmm.  11?

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Yeah except I was responding in binary since IT thread.

Our relationship is Simplex then?? I'm just throwin love at ya and nothing in return? rude..

:-*  no ur rood

reporting you to Halv..

[cryptokey]

tape backups

We were still using these a year ago...

Last I heard, Google keeps emails backed up on tape backups.  Maybe that changed too though.  )

My friend did IT work for 5/3 Bank and as of about 2-3 years ago they still used tape backups as well.

I'm surprised they're still in use with hard drives getting so cheap, being much faster, and lasting longer.

[fohat.digs]

"The C prompt"

[hashbaz]

Most big companies have intranets; I'd say its still in use.

Can vouch. My company's internal portal is still referred to in conversation as "the intranet".

"The C prompt"

I miss the days of the C prompt tbh.

[digi]

I miss the days of the C prompt tbh.

DOS 6.22 was all we needed..

[dgneo]

We still have an intranet. 95% of our company calls it SharePoint, I like to call it hell.

We used tapes as well up until last year. It's still a viable cold storage option, and not a bad one at that. The backup software used to write to the tapes on the other hand....(LOOKING AT YOU BACKUPEXEC)

[katushkin]

We still have an intranet. 95% of our company calls it SharePoint, I like to call it hell.

We used tapes as well up until last year. It's still a viable cold storage option, and not a bad one at that. The backup software used to write to the tapes on the other hand....(LOOKING AT YOU BACKUPEXEC)

We have an internal SharePoint on out intranet  both get used for different things.

Oh god, and the massive robot we used to store, write to and eject our tapes was enormous. Now there is a huge space where it once was, and all our tapes got destroyed. Lol.

[azhdar]

intranet is still used term yo.

serial port.

[Dongulator]

Best thread, you can tell who's in the IT world, who's a dev and so on.
But a phrase I never hear anymore is "Ribbon cable"
or
CD Tray,CD Drive, pretty much anything to do to with a CD is obsolete.

[katushkin]

Mainframe

And CMDB in my organisation apparently...

[hashbaz]

Best thread, you can tell who's in the IT world, who's a dev and so on.
But a phrase I never hear anymore is "Ribbon cable"
or
CD Tray,CD Drive, pretty much anything to do to with a CD is obsolete.

CD-ROM )

[Dongulator]

Best thread, you can tell who's in the IT world, who's a dev and so on.
But a phrase I never hear anymore is "Ribbon cable"
or
CD Tray,CD Drive, pretty much anything to do to with a CD is obsolete.

CD-ROM )

Just using the word Rom is so old. right, Computers used to have Ram and Rom... Ughh I'm getting old