What Is The Latest IT Jargon/Terminology/Acronyms Used in Both Software and Hardware Computing/Technology

Lannonnymouse on 14/03/2021 - 16:38

My friend is a recruitment consultant and only recruited for vacancies other than IT related roles. He is going for an interview for a position to recruit on an IT desk and needs to know what means what in the IT world (Both hardware and software support).

For example, what are the most commonly used programming languages and for what purpose are they used. And in general terms, what computer specific language is used when identifying certain candidates.

Also, what formal qualifications are needed nowadays to qualify for certain jobs and what would these job titles be?

Education & Work

Comments

  • Mechz on 14/03/2021 - 16:52
    +16

    Ozbargain is the new google apparently.

    • mini2 on 15/03/2021 - 08:50

      Extension to Whirlpool it seems. I think someone is trying to troll anonymouse or whatever his nick is on WP by the looks of the nick. Fresh OzB account too.

  • Hithere on 14/03/2021 - 16:53
    +1

    Member Since
    1 hour 47 min ago

    Welcome to OzAcronyms

    • fantombloo on 14/03/2021 - 19:38

      OA?

    • websterp on 14/03/2021 - 20:49

      And what a great "friend" OP is!!

  • Pelicannn on 14/03/2021 - 16:54
    +1

    Surely the company recruiting is going to provide those details, otherwise said company can't complain when their desk is manned by a bunch of potatoes…

    On second thought though, that has been my experience with most IT help desks so I suppose surely ain't so sure.

  • Croc2 on 14/03/2021 - 16:56
    +4

    Artificial Intelligence is just jargon for if/else statements

    • Chris Topher on 15/03/2021 - 20:40

      State Of The Art is a term used by the grey suit brigade when describing their 10yo technology hardware running Windows 10 Home x86 with a piggy-backed SSD

  • holdenmg on 14/03/2021 - 16:58

    Switch Off / Switch On

  • MS Paint on 14/03/2021 - 17:19

    IBM

  • Donaldhump on 14/03/2021 - 17:22
    +18

    most popular languages these days are COBOL, FORTRAN77, LISP and ARGOL.

    FTP and Telnet are useful to know as well.

    chuck in some Modula II as well

    • mskeggs on 14/03/2021 - 18:27
      +7

      Asked for hardware too. SCSI daisy chain able disk enclosures, centronics printer port, token ring network, hercules display, 720dd storage, mfm disk, ata keyboard, pcmcia cards.
      It’s good tech bront.

      • AndyC1 on 14/03/2021 - 19:32
        +1

        Forgot the 8" floppy disc's and PDP11 mini's.

        • Donaldhump on 14/03/2021 - 20:06

          Don’t forget stallion boards

      • singingwolf on 15/03/2021 - 09:11

        I here Basic is the next big language

    • Chandler on 15/03/2021 - 10:57

      LISP

      Hey! I use LISP…

  • buckethat on 14/03/2021 - 17:32
    +9

    BBC, BBW, BSDM just to name a few.

    Curious though - do recruitment agency workers get paid well? I have always wondered.

    • mskeggs on 14/03/2021 - 18:18
      +3

      It’s a sales job, effectively. If you fill lots of jobs you get good commission.

    • spackbace on 15/03/2021 - 01:36
      +2

      *BDSM?

      • buckethat on 15/03/2021 - 14:29
        +1

        Ahh yes, my mistake. You know your IT jargon better than I do.

  • AndyC1 on 14/03/2021 - 17:55

    The 8008 CPU that uses boolean bit arithmetic calculations on it's 256 bit wide address buses.

  • trustnoone on 14/03/2021 - 18:06
    +1

    You can play Pokemon or Big Data here, if you want to learn more tech jargon/pokemon name:
    http://pixelastic.github.io/pokemonorbigdata/

  • Bonsaichop on 14/03/2021 - 18:31

    PDP-11 and VAX-11 are cutting edge technologies. RSTS and RSX are easily platforms of choice. Drop those wowsers in and you're set.

    • AndyC1 on 14/03/2021 - 19:33

      OS/2 ?

      • holdenmg on 14/03/2021 - 20:01

        Zip Disk for Backup.

  • kusama on 14/03/2021 - 19:22

    Programming with Visual Basic on the Amiga OS is highly sought after

    • AndyC1 on 14/03/2021 - 19:35

      How about you roll the DICE C on the Amiga workbench in the garage and see what numbers you get? Couldn't help myself.

  • c64 on 14/03/2021 - 19:50

    i'm sure you will impress if you tell them you have experience programming a zx80. current buzz words are peeking & poking and character graphics

  • bdl on 14/03/2021 - 20:44
    +2

    Typical recruitment consultant recruiting for IT with NFI what any IT terms mean… they can GTFO if they can't be bothered to RTFM

    • McOzbargainer on 15/03/2021 - 08:04
      +1

      Funny people who want the job can't be assed to do some googling themselves

    • Chandler on 15/03/2021 - 10:58

      Most IT issues these days are either PEBKAC or caused by ID-10T errors.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2021 - 22:03
    +1

    Full stack translates to dropped out of uni.

    • Indomietable on 15/03/2021 - 07:56
      +1

      It shorts for Full stackoverflow.

  • godofpizza on 14/03/2021 - 22:28
    +1

    i hate the phase 'moving forward' being dropped during meetings.

    • Baysew on 15/03/2021 - 10:11
      +2

      At the end of the day, it seems like low hanging fruit, so we will take that on board.

  • Xetrok on 14/03/2021 - 22:48
    +2

    "Kindly do the needful"

    • Ghost47 on 15/03/2021 - 00:43
      +3

      At the earliest

  • This Guy on 14/03/2021 - 22:53
    +3

    Here is a few. I hope this helps.

    ACK
    ATM
    CAT
    CHAP
    CLI
    CRC
    DAM
    DHCP
    DIMM
    DSLAM
    FCC
    GEFORCE
    GEPOF (not pronounced how it reads)
    GIF
    GIMP
    GIT
    IANA
    ICaaS
    IDF
    IDS
    IEEE (used to be IE then IEE. Every time it get's bigger they ad an E).
    IMAP
    IP
    IS-IS
    kbps
    kibps (some people need base 10 and base 2 defined)
    LLC
    MAC
    MAM
    MAN
    MDF
    MIB
    MoCA
    NAC
    OAM
    OFAM
    OUI
    PAP
    PAT
    PC
    PIM
    PCM
    POP3
    POP
    POST
    POTS
    PPP
    PPTP
    PTT
    RADIUS
    RARP
    RIMM
    RIP
    SHTTP
    SLARP
    SLIP
    SIMM
    SMTP
    SNAP
    SNMP
    SOC
    SOF
    STP
    TCP/IP (not a slur)
    TDM
    TIA
    TOFU
    USB
    UTP
    VC
    VLAN
    VLSM
    VSLAM
    VPN
    W3C
    WAN
    WEP
    WiFi
    WMC
    WMP
    WPA
    WWW

    • mskeggs on 15/03/2021 - 13:09
      +1

      Lol at (not a slur). UDP forever.

  • neo on 14/03/2021 - 23:04
    +5

    Here's a new one; LMGTFY

  • Lurk Hartog on 15/03/2021 - 08:26

    I know some high school IT teachers who discovered Cardi B after lessons about Wireless Access Points all of a sudden generated uproarious laughter among students.

    • fenikkusu on 17/03/2021 - 15:28

      Did any of these high school IT teachers tell their student they’re not suitable for IT?

  • kiitos on 15/03/2021 - 08:41
    +3

    Given some of the ads I've seen, knowledge of IT terminology doesn't seem to be a prerequisite for the average IT recruiter.

    Make sure he works on his British accent, though.

  • TheQ on 15/03/2021 - 09:35
    +1

    These responses are gold. Gave me a good laugh on a Monday morning. Thanks all!

  • veej on 15/03/2021 - 17:09

    What do you mean by recruit?

    Do you mean he will be doing some kind of tech support?
    If so, I don't see him getting anywhere unless they want to train on the run & teach him things & don't care if you have basic knowledge.

    IT roles can be anything from running around with a screwdriver doing hardware repair all the way up to programming.
    If it's a lowly helpdesk role they may want to train someone, if they need someone who knows what they are doing then you'd be wasting everyones time trying to even go for that type of role.

    Don't fill up your resume with random computer jargon if you don't know much, anyone in IT will know if you are pulling random things out of your a**e when they talk to you.

  • RecklessMonkeys on 16/03/2021 - 11:19
    +1

    IT recruiters are clueless anyway. They are just pattern matching keywords.
    However since you ask, there is a dire shortage of those proficient with punch cards.

  • bamzero on 16/03/2021 - 15:09
    +1

    I think they should sit down and watch each and every episode of The IT Crowd.

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