Talk:List of computing and IT abbreviations
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I've got a list of these sitting around somewhere. I'll try to include them. In the meantime, I'm just coming up with a bunch off the top of my head.
I would like to edit this page to add the technical term "SSD", but I cannot get past R in the edit function
- You probably can't edit past the 32K limit. You might try editing a subsection with the edit link on the right side of the page at each individual subsection. I've been thinking about breaking this article up, but it should be done carefully to mesh with some of the already existing articles, without scattering the content here to the winds.
- I've added SSD on your behalf. It still needs a real article, though.
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I'm sorry, I messed up the page several times today. I clicked save when I should have clicked 'preview'. I take the blame :-
[edit] PBMC
I deleted PBMC, as I believe this article is about "technical" computing and IT terms. PBMC (or PBMK), as far as I understand it, is used mostly by help desk support, to denigrate users, but I've never heard it used as a technical term. I don't want this article to devolve into just a bunch of slang and so I'm trying to nip it in the bud. IMHO, this is exactly what the linked Internet slang article is for.
Maybe we should rename the article to reflect that this is "technical" computing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.31.106.35 (talk • contribs) 12:55, March 13, 2006 (GMT -6).
- I agree. It would be much more appropriate to name it something like "Technical Computing Terms". Foxjwill 03:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What's this article for? Proposed radical trimming down.
It seems to me that the only value of this article would be if you come across an unfamiliar IT abbreviation, you could look it up here. But if the term has its own article, you don't need to come here, you could go straight there. So I propose that the list should be trimmed right down to only the redlinks. They're the only items with value - they at least explain what the abbreviation stands for, even if there's no more detail available in WP. Colonies Chris 09:47, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds like a good idea. Poweroid 12:08, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Not to me. Please don't do this. What if you have some idea of what an acronym/abbreviation is, but don't know it exactly? You can scan this list and maybe find it (this is assuming you know of this list's existence in the first place, but read on). But there's no guarantee that searching for it would turn up anything, especially if you're not spelling it right. I happened to come across this list when I searched for a bunch of different abbreviations all at once ("mmx apic..."). Just because you can't think of a good reason to have a list doesn't necessarily mean it will be useless to everyone else. - dcljr (talk) 00:58, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Long Page
Creating a separate page for each alphabet will solve the problem. 202.177.160.176 14:26, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge from (misnamed) Computer jargon
This was proposed 2006-05-11 by User:Megapixie
Supported.
I don't think we need a redirect to here. Computer jargon should redirect to Jargon which also links to the Jargon File.--Boson 07:41, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Suport to the merge. Some of the entires in the computer jargon article are also in the List of copmuting and IT abbreviations article (ie: KISS, UI). The redirect to the Jargon File also seems like a good idea. -Gimmekat 16:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
