Network Dictionary — Straw Man Review
March 12, 2010 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
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Network Dictionary — Heater
March 9, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
This Post is Part of a Series — click for list on Network Dictionary» Heater — term used to describe a piece of network equipment that is powered up, but does nothing or has no purpose.
Now that electricity actually costs real money, people are actually finding the heaters and removing them from the network, especially those old servers. It wasn’t so […]
Network Dictionary — Application Delivery Controller
March 7, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 7 Comments
Application Delivery Controller (ADC) — The new marketing name for a “load balancer”. Someone put a shiny chrome exhaust and new buttons on it and so it needed a new marketing name. Calling my coffee cup a “Liquid Receptacle Device with Enhanced Handling Features” doesn’t change the fact that it holds ocffee.
Note: the Web Application Firewall and […]
Network Dictionary — Nerdsomnia
February 27, 2010 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
Define nerdsomnia
Network Dictionary — Helen Fry
February 27, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
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Network Dictionary — Backward Planning
February 24, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
Define Backward Planning
Network Dictionary — Windows
February 21, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
Network Dictionary — TFM
February 12, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
TFM
Network Dictionary — Lobby Ambassador
February 11, 2010 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
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Network Dictionary — Ferrule
February 4, 2010 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
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Network Dictionary — Eye Dee Ten Tee
January 30, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
Define Eye Dee Ten Tee
Network Dictionary — Blown Fibre
January 27, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments
Define Blown Fibre (in a nice way)
Network Dictionary — Router
January 21, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
Define Router
Network Dictionary — Pedantic
January 14, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 6 Comments
Define Pedantic
Network Dictionary — Anatidaephobia — Fear the Rubber Duck
January 6, 2010 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
define antidaephobia
Network Dictionary — Legacy
December 23, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
Define Legacy
Network Dictionary — GONER
December 15, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments
Define being a GONER
Network Dictionary — Forward Planning
December 10, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
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