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'''CHI''' - (pronounced 'kai' not 'chee'). The Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHI stands for Computer-Human Interaction). A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [https://chi2017.acm.org/ 2017 Conference]  
'''CHI''' - (pronounced 'kai' not 'chee'). The Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHI stands for Computer-Human Interaction). A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [https://chi2017.acm.org/ 2017 Conference]  


'''jitsi''' - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. [https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi Project Site]
=== Computers ===
'''Hyak'''  - (pronounced 'Hi-yak'). Supercomputer at UW. See [[hyak]].
'''Nada''' - Another computer at UW mainly for interacting with the Internet. 
'''Asha''' - Another computer at UW mainly for working with Scratch data.
== Things that used to be on the above list but are not so important ==
'''guix''' - (pronounced 'geeks'). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Guix GNU Package Manager], for team use on hyak.
'''guix''' - (pronounced 'geeks'). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Guix GNU Package Manager], for team use on hyak.
'''jitsi''' - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. [https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi Project Site]

Revision as of 03:32, 28 September 2017

This page contains jargon and common shorthand used within the team and perhaps more broadly.

CHI - (pronounced 'kai' not 'chee'). The Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHI stands for Computer-Human Interaction). A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). 2017 Conference

jitsi - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. Jitsi Project Site

Computers

Hyak - (pronounced 'Hi-yak'). Supercomputer at UW. See hyak.

Nada - Another computer at UW mainly for interacting with the Internet.

Asha - Another computer at UW mainly for working with Scratch data.

Things that used to be on the above list but are not so important

guix - (pronounced 'geeks'). GNU Package Manager, for team use on hyak.