[Elecraft]linux and elecraft

[Nick Waterman]

Brian Mury wrote:
>> Linux use unique jargon or "talk" related to their software, it is 
>> NOT technical. Even windoze is in English. 
> 
> Windows uses just as much jargon as Linux does. You just don't notice it
> because you have learnt it and become accustomed to it.

Many fields have their own sets of jargon, none of them seem that bad to
insiders, most of them sound pointless to outsiders.

AUTOEXEC.BAT, boot.ini, ntldr, regedit, pagefile.sys,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Macafee, Symantec, C-colon-backslash, DLL, EXE, INI,
 WMA, BMP, RDP, dir, zip, installshield, chkdsk, system32, devmgr,
tracert, hyperterminal...

ls, grep, awk, perl, xoscope, baudline, vi, emacs, fsck /dev/hda1,
traceroute, df, cp, rpm, more, less, tar, top, tty, chmod, /etc/passwd,
kill, mplayer, sendmail, xterm...

ST L, ST P, T-R, INP PDLn, IAB, SSB, ATU, RANT, RTTY, CW, SSB, PRE/ATT,
AGC, ALC, XFIL, AFIL, RIT, XIT, VOX, SPOT, FPLY, VFO, CAL FCTR, CAL FIL,
CAL PLL,  SWR, KPA100, KAT2, KNB2, AUX IO, XVTR, RSGB, ARRL...

microfarads, kilohms, SIP resistor pack, monolithic capacitors,
transistor, shottky diode, quad op amp, MCU socket, 7-degment
multiplexed LCD, PCB-mount jack, linear potentiometer, shift register,
variable inductance, ferrite balun core, ceramic resonator, 2-D fastener...

actus reus, advance directive, articles of incorporation, business
records exception, breif (which usually isn't), FMLA, FCRA, DPA, FLSA,
form interrogatories, fieri facias, filing fee, FSBO, negotiable
instrument, offensive collateral estoppel, vested remainder...

6-4-3 double play, around the horn, banjo hitter, batterymates, bloop,
cleanup, closer, clutch, dinger, dish, fouling off, frozen rope, fungo,
going yard, hat trick, hook foul, meatball, pinch runner, slugger,
tater, WHIP...

ante, blind stud, cap, cold call, deuce-to-seven low, door card, royal
flush, aces high, going south, horse, kitty, loose cannon, match the
pot, overcall, pocket pair, post dead, rainbow flop, semi-bluff, wild
card...

Damn, my spell-checker's gonna love this   :-(

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"Nosey" Nick Waterman, G7RZQ, K2 #5209.
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