Geektionary

Enchane

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'. This has many meanings and uses however it primarily stems from our love of Software Radio and Ettus Research's Software Radio device of the same name. Given that Software Radio enables anyone to hack any peice of RF spectrum to their content, it can allow one to receive and decode anything they fancy. See the classic (pre Software Radio) dictionary definition of 'usurp'

Copulator

Goodbye/goodnight.

Steam

GR-Steam

A fork of the GNU Radio source tree that operates purely on steam and mechanical valves for its' logic.

"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.

The Vortex

[27/03/11 4:48:31 PM] Matt Robert: who was the guy that called you?
[27/03/11 4:48:43 PM] Balint Seeber: crazy guy, friend of a friend
[27/03/11 4:48:45 PM] Matt Robert: ahh
[27/03/11 4:48:48 PM] Matt Robert: luser
[27/03/11 4:48:51 PM] Matt Robert: n00b
[27/03/11 4:48:57 PM] Balint Seeber: idneed
[27/03/11 4:49:00 PM] Matt Robert: someone that has been sucked into the vortex of bullshit