| Term | Submitted by | Explanation |
| root |
Cathal Ferris |
account with ultimate power on the machine |
| MySQL |
Ewan Oughton |
Open source database engine / client in use on orac. Can be interfaced with various web languages such as PHP. |
| Skynet |
Daren Nestor |
The Skynet Project |
| R2D2 |
Niall Merrigan |
A box with wheels |
| mother |
Cathal Ferris |
Mother is that thing which protects from the outside world |
| admin |
Cathal Ferris |
Box undertaking some of the main administration tasks. |
| slash dotting |
Cian Davis |
A situation where a webserver becomes overloaded due to many people accessing your server after it being published on www.slashdot.org |
| ab <-> fb |
Martin Donlon |
Everything in the world can be described by plotting its position on a 2D graph. |
| Monitor |
Cian Davis |
A video display |
| Minicom |
Daren Nestor |
A device that accesses a login shell across a serial link |
| Yak shaving |
Rory |
Spending time on trivial activities that are not on your critical path to graduation. |
| maddenj |
Niall Merrigan |
A term used to explain why something broke |
| The Stables |
Niall Merrigan |
When you can't find an admin, look here |
| Beer |
Niall Merrigan |
A bribe for when you really need something back from the admins ..(see admin beer generation routine) |
