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[hide]Enchance
A portmanteau of "enhance" and "change" - used to pay homage to all of the "image enhance" scenes used in modern TV and Cinema. Refer to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk for more details.
- Origin follows discussion of expanding the graph of a complex baseband RF signal:
[6/04/2011 11:57:26 PM] Balint says: MAGNIFY [6/04/2011 11:57:27 PM] Balint says: ENHANCE [6/04/2011 11:57:30 PM] Matt Robert says: ENCHANE [6/04/2011 11:57:32 PM] Matt Robert says: (y) [6/04/2011 11:57:42 PM] Matt Robert says: what is ENCHANE [6/04/2011 11:57:42 PM] Balint says: will you enchane already! [6/04/2011 11:57:45 PM] Matt Robert says: rofl [6/04/2011 11:57:51 PM] Balint says: hahaha [6/04/2011 11:57:57 PM] Balint says: that's gonna stick [6/04/2011 11:58:11 PM] Matt Robert says: we need a geek dictionary [6/04/2011 11:58:12 PM] Matt Robert says: online [6/04/2011 11:58:16 PM] Balint says: HHAHA [6/04/2011 11:58:19 PM] Matt Robert says: explains all our stupid jokes [6/04/2011 11:58:23 PM] Balint says: wiki.spench.net/wiki/GeekDictionary [6/04/2011 11:58:26 PM] Matt Robert says: YES! [6/04/2011 11:58:33 PM] Matt Robert says: Geektionary
Broness
Extension of 'bro' that allows for better variable-length pronunciation of the ending 's' sound.
ModeZ
Mode S transponder signals from aircraft, part of the secondary radar surveillance system.
Snatching
- Origin: Bed intruder song.
"Windows Vista's Multimedia Class Scheduler service (MMCSS) is snatching up your network card interrupts." "Let's head up the hill and snatch some HF with the USRP."
USRP
Pronounced 'usurp'.
Copulator
Goodbye/goodnight.
Steam
GR-Steam
A fork of the GNU Radio source tree that operates purely on steam.
"Toot toot!"
Steam CORDIC
This is a steam-driven mechanical implementation of CORDIC (COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer), which is an alternative to the FPGA implementation used for the USRP.
"Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga"
Silicone Diode
- Origin: WarGames' General Barringer exclaims this with great satisfaction while disagreeing on the merits of the WOPR.
