Reply to: Silly Everyday IT Expressions

[shaunbhoy]

It is acceptable to make a noun from a verb (gerund), but the reverse is not so common. And in this case there is no adjective for "something that performs well". Well I suppose you have 'fast', but that does not cut it.

How about "Majestic"? No......I see what you mean.

[swamp]

English dictionaries can only follow the language, they don't lead it. I'd say your little bet is only valid if "performant" is not accepted for inclusion the next edition of the Oxford English

Performant is a difficult one. It isn't in the dictionary, but it probably should be.

It is acceptable to make a noun from a verb (gerund), but the reverse is not so common. And in this case there is no adjective for "something that performs well". Well I suppose you have 'fast', but that does not cut it.

[Spacecadet]

Stupid made-up words. Once won a fiver off a Price Waterhouse Cooper guy by betting that 'performant' is not in fact English but a horrible made-up 'consultant's buzzword.

Been working recently on the 'Enterprisation' project where internationalisationability is of course important.

More mgtmntspk than just IT but twice in the last fortnight I have been reminded that we are not trying to boil the ocean here. That came as a relief.

English dictionaries can only follow the language, they don't lead it. I'd say your little bet is only valid if "performant" is not accepted for inclusion the next edition of the Oxford English

[DaveB]

It'll be fixed in UAT...

[shaunbhoy]

"Let sasguru run the numbers for you on that one!"

[PinkPoshRat]

Bluetooth - it's not blue and it doesn't have teeth

(I know it's got something to do with an old king from Norway or somewhere near there)

[MCC7]

I constantly have developers asking me "Have you got a time code for this?".

Even if I just ask them to grab me a pen from the stationary cupboard whilst they're up there...

[Sysman]

I remember much sniggering in C++ lectures about "friends having access to your private parts".

"Zombie process" is something I've been using a lot recently.

I was once asked to write a program to identify and kill "Zombie processes".

Since the phrase had no commonly recognised meaning on the operating system concerned, I hadn't a clue what was meant.

I never did get to the bottom of it, except it had drifted to the top of somebody's "To Do" list and our department got labelled as being "uncooperative" for not being mind readers.

[VectraMan]

I remember much sniggering in C++ lectures about "friends having access to your private parts".

"Zombie process" is something I've been using a lot recently.

[nealus]

I had a chap ask me once to 'run a high speed eyeball' over his carefully prepared document...

[Paddy]

I once tried to send a visio diagram via email at work. One of those automated security warning emails bounced back to my email, it told me that I was in breach of some security policy. I phoned up the security guys who looked into my visio email attachment. Our 'FAG servers' were the cause of my problem. Their email scans for naughty words, fag being one of them.

I always love working at US companies

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[Freamon]

It's not a change request, it's a clarification.

[kaiser78]

Originally Posted by kaiser78
Our offshore project <name> is running to schedule

Where is that an everyday expression?

Err - read the title Silly Everyday IT Expressions.
Apology accepted !

[TestMangler]

I had a computer shop for a couple of years earlier this decade and it was fairly normal for people to come in lugging either a PC or a laptop and say, "I hope you can help me with this. I've deleted the internet"

[DaveB]

It's a secure design.