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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
ethernet sounds like some mystical realm
Wait, did ethernet come from aether
Yes.
Same idea as “the cloud.” You’d draw a diagram and the arrows would eventually go to a squiggly representation of someone else’s problem.
Makes me think of a net you use to capture things that are on the ethereal plane.
Avatar and icon were similarly stolen from mysticism.