| Term | Submitted by | Explanation |
| ab <-> fb |
Martin Donlon |
Everything in the world can be described by plotting its position on a 2D graph. |
| ABS |
Niall Donegan |
Anything But Study |
| admin |
Cathal Ferris |
Box undertaking some of the main administration tasks. |
| Beer |
Niall Merrigan |
A bribe for when you really need something back from the admins ..(see admin beer generation routine) |
| maddenj |
Niall Merrigan |
A term used to explain why something broke |
| Minicom |
Daren Nestor |
A device that accesses a login shell across a serial link |
| molc |
Daniel Nagle |
Basic atomic unit of skynet measurement. |
| Monitor |
Cian Davis |
A video display |
| mother |
Cathal Ferris |
Mother is that thing which protects from the outside world |
| MySQL |
Ewan Oughton |
Open source database engine / client in use on orac. |
| R2D2 |
Niall Merrigan |
A box with wheels |
| root |
Cathal Ferris |
Account with ultimate power on the machine |
| Sergio |
John Madden |
Skynet recovery alarm |
| Skynet |
Daren Nestor |
The Skynet Project |
| slash dotting |
Cian Davis |
Webserver overload |
| The Stables |
Niall Merrigan |
When you cant find an admin, look here |
| Yak shaving |
Rory |
Spending time on trivial activities that are not on your critical path to graduation. |
