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...

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.