Hello, I am a graduate student at Western Kentucky University studying cyberculture. What are some computer-technology-specific jargon that you or others have used while conversing with other computer-literate individuals (ex. tweeking, surfing, overclocking, etc.). Thanks in advance for your help.

flashing - upgrading your BIOS

By the way, I used to live in KY. :)

What part? I of course live in Bowling Green.

mod\modded - modify\modified

mobo - motherboard

board - motherboard

mips\mibs - Megabits per second

Crackberry - Blackberry wireless device (because users are addicted to these damn things)

sysadmin - systems administrator

miss - Manager of Information Services



I don't know - there's a ton more - these were just of the top of my head...

Don't forget H4X0R. That definitely isn't understood by most people...:D

For all your basic abreviations and jargon you can try this web site

http://www.jonstorm.com/glossary/

Outstanding! Thanks for the feedback. I will post a copy of the paper as soon as it is finalized.