Browsing page 46 of words meaning computers, electronics, technology (665 words total)

noun

• a metaphorical condition that something depends on. Used when, for example, a printer malfunctions frequently or a bug can't be found in a piece of source code. See also heisenbug.

  Person A: Have you been able to get dupex printing to work on the printer?
  
  Person B: Yeah, but it depends on the phase of the moon.

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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• acronym for "pointy-haired boss". A boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters. From Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip.
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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• the insertion of one's self, uninvited, into a photograph being taken.

                                                                  
  
  Citation from "Celebrities Photobombing And Being Photobombed: The Funniest Examples (PHOTOS)", The Huffington Post, Erin Clements, March 27 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Mar 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 07 2010.

verb - ambitransitive

• to insert one's self uninvited into a photograph being taken.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "Celebrities Photobombing And Being Photobombed: The Funniest Examples (PHOTOS)", The Huffington Post, Erin Clements, March 27 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Mar 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 07 2010.

noun

• "photographer".
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  Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 08 2011.

noun

• "photo opportunity".

                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Celebrities Photobombing And Being Photobombed: The Funniest Examples (PHOTOS)", The Huffington Post, Erin Clements, March 27 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Mar 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

noun

• "picture."

  Did you get the pics I sent you?

  That's a pretty nice pic.

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  Last edited on Apr 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

interjection

• a message (sent literally) to enquire whether someone is present via instant messaging or internet chat. ACK is the affirmative response. (NAK is a humorous negative response, meaning "No, I'm not here.")

  Person A: ping.
  
  Person B: ACK.

  Person A: ping.
  
  Person B: NAK.

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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Apr 18 2009.

noun

• a measure of network lag, often used in online gaming.

  I'm getting terrible pings, so I'm going to connect to a different server.

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  Last edited on Apr 18 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Apr 18 2009.

• a short message sent to a person, often to enquire about their availability.

  Could you send Bob a ping and see if he's available for a 4pm meeting?

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  Last edited on Apr 18 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Apr 18 2009.

verb - transitive

• to send a short message to someone or call them briefly, often to enquire about their availability.

  Could you ping Bob and see if he's available for a 4pm meeting?

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  Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Mark L. from Newburyport, MA, USA on Nov 07 1999.

• to contact by any means.

  I'll ping you later, when we are ready.

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  Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Tom B. from Hoboken, NJ, USA on Aug 31 2003.

• to send a message to a mailing list, requesting that all subscribers to the list respond to the message. This is done to verify that all subscribers' email addresses work properly.

  I haven't gotten a status report from Tim lately, but he did respond when we pinged the development list.

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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Apr 18 2009.

origin

• From a utility written in 1983 by Mike Muuss, that checks whether a remote computer can respond to network traffic. In turn, this utility (ping) was named after the submariners' term for a sonar pulse (ping).
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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Apr 18 2009.