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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

CSCW - (pronounced as quickly as possible). The Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [1]

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.

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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]
+'''CSCW''' - (pronounced as quickly as possible). The Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [https://cscw.acm.org]
 '''jitsi''' - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. [https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi Project Site]