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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

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Boot Loop - ties someone's shoelaces together

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[–] runjun@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Y’all might be interested in the book series by Charles Stross starting with The Atrocity Archives.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago
  • Cache miss
  • Bubble Sort
  • Vectorization
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reroot tree: Tree digs itself out of the ground, walks to another location and takes root, as if it's always been there.

Heap sort: More advanced technique for which Reroot tree is a prerequisite for some reason. Arranges assortments of things into neat piles with only one kind of object per pile. Very useful when looking for things in treasure chambers.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 months ago

"I cast heap sort on the owlbear."

"..."

"The owlbear is sorted into neat piles, the first containing hair/nails/claws/beaks, the second feathers, the third bone, the fourth meat, the fifth blood.."

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 18 points 10 months ago

Null pointer – sends the victim on a quest they can never fulfill.

[–] lkdm@programming.dev 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

spawn daemon

[–] leftenddev@slrpnk.net 16 points 10 months ago

Power word: Infinite Recursion

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This one’s not quite CS but oh well. Spell check - After a series of unfortunate accidents at the magical university, all novel spells must be submitted to the administration in writing to ensure their safety before first casting.

Root access - Access to the Underdark druid communication network, which is transmitted through a continent-wide system of interconnected tree roots.

Command: Line - A creative use of the command spell that forces an affected creature to spend their turn forming or waiting in an orderly line.

Neural net - The system of control used by an elder brain to control and coordinate illithids under its influence.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago

Force Merge

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not necessarily PC related, but:

Uninterrupted Power Supply

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Bluetooth sounds like a negative effect. Similar to using Bluetooth in real life.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • Master / Slave
  • Gatekeeper
  • Anti virus
  • Force push
  • Bug
  • Forever loop
  • Break condition
  • Real time operating system
  • Blockchain
  • Agility measurement index (not really an ability, but sounds like it could be art of an RPG mechanic)
[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

BSOD - BLUE SCREEN OF DEAD ☠️

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

PowerShell

Get-Date

Read-Host

Remove-Alias

Remove-Event

Sort-Object

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[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

Spoofing

Cryptojacking

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Authentication tokens - Some heirloom jewelry or letter of permission from the local royal family used to prove you are on their mission.

Gap analysis - when your party finds a crevasse or pit and determines if they can jump across.

Buffer - party member who casts buffs, usually a bard.

Microservices - when you barter with gnomes to repair your gear.

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[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 12 points 10 months ago

Hyperconvergence or hypervisor.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago

Null pointer sounds like a powerful spell

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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

Ruby gems

Memory leaks

Layers of abstraction

Master branch

Void function

[–] OmegaPillar@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • Semaphore
  • Spanning tree
  • Spinlock
  • Recursive function
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago
  • Knapsack problem
  • Pushdown automata
  • Zero-knowledge proof
  • Late binding
  • Borrow checker
  • Channel coding
  • Tail recursion
  • Camel case
  • Double float
  • Red-black trees
  • Quaternions

Lossy compression feels like cheating:

  • Block prediction
  • Motion compensation
  • Chroma subsampling
  • Frequency space
  • Time domain
[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I feel like an obvious one is missing: oracle

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Inversion of control
Bsod
Cycle detection
Port knocking

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[–] daellat@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Mail storm

Perhaps not that deep "cs" but still :D

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 10 points 10 months ago

Silicium Bug = A insect creature made of quartz.

Gate Array = An ancient holy temple with partially defunct portals of unknown origin.

[–] Thyrian@ttrpg.network 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  • scroll snapping
  • unit tests
  • vulnerability
  • fastboot
  • root access
  • abstraction level
  • unity framework
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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Lossless Compression isn't actually powerful, its just an improved Lossy Compression which is admittedly terrifying to use in many cases.

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[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Factory Reset

Hotspot

System Corruption

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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Binary search

Check bit

Control character

Sentinal value

Escape sequence

EDIT:

Git bisect (not sure if this one counts as computer sciency enough though)

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