Geekism

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A Geekism is any word, phrase, joke, or other part of language that is related to computers, or any computer terminology that is not understood by the general public, but is commonly known among geeks (implying that most geeks are computer literate). Many abbreviations and acronyms can be considered geekisms because the general public would not understand them.

[edit] Sample Geekism Terminology

MoBo = MomBoard = Motherboard [or Mainboard]

ODD = Optical Disk Drive = CD or DVD drive

HDD = Hard Disk Drive

Lappy = Laptop

Proggie = Program

BSoD = "Blue Screen of Death," a kernel panic in Microsoft Windows XP and lower

Bit twiddler = Computer Scientist

• Network Terminology:

PoE = Power over Ethernet

HTTP = Hypertext Transfer Protocol