Uncyclopedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Computer science, computing, and Internet

Computers and Internet

• Amazon Alexa (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Cortana (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Download manager (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• EULA (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• EvieBot (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Freeware (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Google Home (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Internet service provider (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Megabyte (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Memory leak (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Metered connection (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Siri (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Widow/orphan control (correct wp) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Zann (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Distributed computing

• Distributed computing (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) a.k.a. Grid computing (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt), specific software of which includes:
  • BOINC (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
  • SETI@home (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) (we already have Folding@home and the fictitious Cabal@home)
  • Electric Sheep (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Cloud computing (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Formats

• GIF (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• JPEG (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• MID (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• XML (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Hacking and security

• 2600 Magazine (technically called 2600: The Hacker Quarterly) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Antivirus software
• Backdoor (technically called Backdoor (computing) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Buffer overflow (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Data Encryption Standard (DES) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)/Triple DES (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - Note: DES also stands for diethylstilbestrol; work this in somehow
• Double authentication

• Firewall (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - but there is also a movie by this name
• Ping of death (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Phreaking (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
  • 2600 hertz (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - meh. Should probably redirect to 2600 Magazine or Phreaking once one of them is created (More Info)
  • Phreaking boxes (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Rootkit (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

• Social engineering (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - because the weakest link is human.
• Stuxnet (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - maybe see User:Lctmu/UnNews:Israel developed the virus 'Facebook' to undermine Iranian productivity
• Transport Layer Security (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) with redirect from SSL
• Virtual Private Network (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Hardware

• Binary fountain pen (fictitious item formerly mentioned at Floppy disk; refers to a floppy drive's read/write head?) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Brick (electronics) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Firmware (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Intel 4004 (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - Part of a series on Intel CPUs? Not actually used in a computer per se, but this is the best place I could think of for this request

Networking

This section is about the normal operation of computer networks. For network vulnerabilities, see Hacking and security (above).

• 5G cellular standard (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Bandwidth (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Content delivery network (abbreviated CDN) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• ISP or Internet service provider (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Linksys (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - and mention the error message "Upgrade are failed!" shown by their home routers for firmware upgrades
• Mozilla Thunderbird (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• OSI model (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Robots exclusion standard (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) or Robots.txt (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Transmission Control Protocol (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - perhaps make it something about STDs or car transmissions? - Note that TCP is currently an article on a different topic (The Canadian Communist Party); it will need to be moved, and then the redirect will need to be replaced with a disambiguation.
• Telnet (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - I can't think of how to set it out, maybe with an Uncyclux-esque style to it? Or just a normal lay-out?

Robotics

• Uncanny valley (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Social media

• Instagram (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Emojis (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Software development

• Beta test/Beta tester, part of the software release life cycle (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Concurrent Versions System (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) (abbreviated CVS; maybe mention in the same article as CVS/pharmacy?)
• Alpha testing (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - what comes before beta testing. seriously.
• Software patch (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Upgrade (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Systems administration and tech support

• BOFH or Bastard Operator From Hell (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt), see rm *, Game:Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle/rm and Robert Heinlein#Life for context; references newer stories older stories
• CTFMON.EXE - Apparently a legitimate part of the Windows operating system related to Microsoft Office components.
• Cup holder - as in a CD/DVD drive is not one. (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• I am service - message from preinstalled software on some Asus (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) computers; see also The Daily WTF post
• kill -9 (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt) - possible redirect to UnNews:Linux: Every time you use EXT3, Hans Reiser kills again?
• NOSMOKE.EXE, see [1], BOFH usage, and wikipedia:Magic smoke
• PLBKAM - Problem Lies Between Keyboard And Monitor (User error); better known as PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair) (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)
• Server farm - we just sent all of this expensive equipment to be co-located *where*? (un wp g gun gwp | co gct sw yt)

Requests for articles about video games are on a separate page, and should be added there.