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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper Hopper]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper Hopper]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teuvo_Kohonen Kohonen]  
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teuvo_Kohonen Kohonen]  
* [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr Lamarr] or Hedy (sp?)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radia_Perlman Perlman]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radia_Perlman Perlman]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel Postel] (awkward to spell?)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel Postel] (sp?)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon Shannon]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon Shannon] (sp?)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson Wilson]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson Wilson]


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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray Gray] - Music synth
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray Gray] - Music synth
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria Heron] - Automata
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria Heron] - Automata
* [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr Lamarr] - Actress, Glamour model and co-inventer of Frequency-hopping wireless communication (awkward to spell, as is Hedy)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi Marconi] - Radio telegraph
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi Marconi] - Radio telegraph
* Moog
* Moog

Revision as of 23:57, 25 May 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