System naming: Difference between revisions

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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Armstrong Armstrong] - FM
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Armstrong Armstrong] - FM
* [http://www.asimovs.com/201008/index.shtml Asimov]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov Asimov]
* Bell
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_(surname) Bell]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Stafford_Beer Beer] - Regulatory systems
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Stafford_Beer Beer] - Regulatory systems
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Stephen_Black Black] - Feedback amp
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Stephen_Black Black] - Feedback amp
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_Silver_Hammer Edison]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_Silver_Hammer Edison]
* [http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/erwin Erwin] - AI
* [http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/erwin Erwin] - AI
* Faraday
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday Faraday]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_M._Flood Flood] - Prisoner's dilemma, travelling salesman problem
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_M._Flood Flood] - Prisoner's dilemma, travelling salesman problem
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray Gray] - Music synth
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray Gray] - Music synth
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi Marconi] - Radio telegraph
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi Marconi] - Radio telegraph
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_Silver_Hammer Maxwell]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_Silver_Hammer Maxwell]
* [http://www.moog.com Moog]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moog Moog]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton's_theorem Norton] - Circuit analysis
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton's_theorem Norton] - Circuit analysis
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pitts Pitts] - Neural Networks
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pitts Pitts] - Neural Networks
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon Simon] - AI
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon Simon] - AI
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Hagar_Smith Smith] - RF analysis
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Hagar_Smith Smith] - RF analysis
* [http://www.teslacoiling.co.uk Tesla]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Tesla]


== Potential names not from the scheme ==
== Potential names not from the scheme ==

Revision as of 21:31, 15 July 2010

The naming scheme of systems in the hackspace is "people involved in computing". However, pronunciation issues rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare.

Old names

Names used on systems no longer in use.

  • Knuth

Current names

  • Turing (Bitfolk VM)
  • Babbage (Server in the space)
  • Lovelace (Workstation - Makerbot)

Potential names

Potential names on the edge of the scheme

Potential names not from the scheme

  • Pong/Ping
  • Micropig/Spiderpig
  • Bubbles, Buttercup & Blossom