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Computer science terms that sound like fantasy RPG abilities

I’ll start:

  • Firewall
  • Virtual Memory
  • Single source of truth
  • Lossless Compression (this one sounds really powerful for some reason)

Your turn

Hard mode: Try not to include closer to domain-specific things like javascript library names

  • ryathal
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    2 months ago

    Inversion of control
    Bsod
    Cycle detection
    Port knocking

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      cycle detection is either a really useful metamagic that lets you cycle through various detection spells and thus be much more aware of your surroundings, or it’s the most useless spell ever created since bicycles generally don’t exist in fantasy settings.

      • ryathal
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        2 months ago

        It could also break every maze I guess as well.