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submitted 2 months ago by morrowind@lemmy.ml to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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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

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[-] buh@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

ethernet sounds like some mystical realm

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Wait, did ethernet come from aether

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it's named after the luminiferous aether, the invisible medium light waves were theorised to move in. Turns out photons just do that instead.

[-] azrendelmare@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago

Makes me think of a net you use to capture things that are on the ethereal plane.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

You use it to catch the ether bunny

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Avatar and icon were similarly stolen from mysticism.

this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
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