System naming

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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

Booch
Church
Cray
Denning
Draper
Flowers
Hopper
Postel?
Shannon
Wilson

Potential names not from the scheme

Pong/Ping
Micropig/Spiderpig
Bubbles, Buttercup & Blossom

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