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Computer science terms that sound like fantasy RPG abilities

I'll start:

  • Firewall
  • Virtual Memory
  • Single source of truth
  • Lossless Compression (this one sounds really powerful for some reason)

Your turn

Hard mode: Try not to include closer to domain-specific things like javascript library names

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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 19 points 1 month ago

Reroot tree: Tree digs itself out of the ground, walks to another location and takes root, as if it's always been there.

Heap sort: More advanced technique for which Reroot tree is a prerequisite for some reason. Arranges assortments of things into neat piles with only one kind of object per pile. Very useful when looking for things in treasure chambers.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago
  • Cache miss
  • Bubble Sort
  • Vectorization
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Deadlock

Priority inversion

Debugging

Source compilation

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

Null pointer – sends the victim on a quest they can never fulfill.

[-] lkdm@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

spawn daemon

[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Not necessarily PC related, but:

Uninterrupted Power Supply

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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This one’s not quite CS but oh well. Spell check - After a series of unfortunate accidents at the magical university, all novel spells must be submitted to the administration in writing to ensure their safety before first casting.

Root access - Access to the Underdark druid communication network, which is transmitted through a continent-wide system of interconnected tree roots.

Command: Line - A creative use of the command spell that forces an affected creature to spend their turn forming or waiting in an orderly line.

Neural net - The system of control used by an elder brain to control and coordinate illithids under its influence.

[-] leftenddev@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago

Power word: Infinite Recursion

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

Force Merge

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

PowerShell

Get-Date

Read-Host

Remove-Alias

Remove-Event

Sort-Object

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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Bluetooth sounds like a negative effect. Similar to using Bluetooth in real life.

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

Spoofing

Cryptojacking

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  • Master / Slave
  • Gatekeeper
  • Anti virus
  • Force push
  • Bug
  • Forever loop
  • Break condition
  • Real time operating system
  • Blockchain
  • Agility measurement index (not really an ability, but sounds like it could be art of an RPG mechanic)
[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

Null pointer sounds like a powerful spell

[-] UnityDevice@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago

Hyperconvergence or hypervisor.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Authentication tokens - Some heirloom jewelry or letter of permission from the local royal family used to prove you are on their mission.

Gap analysis - when your party finds a crevasse or pit and determines if they can jump across.

Buffer - party member who casts buffs, usually a bard.

Microservices - when you barter with gnomes to repair your gear.

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[-] OmegaPillar@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  • Semaphore
  • Spanning tree
  • Spinlock
  • Recursive function
[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago
  • Knapsack problem
  • Pushdown automata
  • Zero-knowledge proof
  • Late binding
  • Borrow checker
  • Channel coding
  • Tail recursion
  • Camel case
  • Double float
  • Red-black trees
  • Quaternions

Lossy compression feels like cheating:

  • Block prediction
  • Motion compensation
  • Chroma subsampling
  • Frequency space
  • Time domain
[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Inversion of control
Bsod
Cycle detection
Port knocking

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[-] daellat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Mail storm

Perhaps not that deep "cs" but still :D

[-] Zementid@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago

Silicium Bug = A insect creature made of quartz.

Gate Array = An ancient holy temple with partially defunct portals of unknown origin.

[-] Thyrian@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 month ago
  • scroll snapping
  • unit tests
  • vulnerability
  • fastboot
  • root access
  • abstraction level
  • unity framework
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[-] Rin@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago
  • Higher order function
  • Rijndael cypher
  • Serpent cypher
[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Binary search

Check bit

Control character

Sentinal value

Escape sequence

EDIT:

Git bisect (not sure if this one counts as computer sciency enough though)

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[-] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

I always found "The Perceptron" to have such a badass name…. 😅 (Math part was annoying though…)

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Bounds execption: Allows larger objects to fit in smaller containers, ritual spell effective for 1 day, can be upcast to increase amount of "overfill", some check when retrieving the item for a chance of "corruption" (small chance to retrieve a different item, or have the "overfill" become something different like have the outer edge of a bar of gold be meat)

Paralellization: High level time magic, Allows the target multiple turns to be taken simultaneously, but an equivalent cooldown afterwards (waiting for all threads or jobs to return before being able to continue), so 3 turns at once means 2 turns the target can't do anything after.

Split brain configuration: Allows focusing on multiple concentration checks/spells at once. This could also be called paralellization, or multithreaded.

Pass By Reference enchantment: requires two identical items. Once enchanted, changes to one happen to both. Room for all sorts of shenanigans.

Private field: cast on an area to prevent entry/visibility into it by unauthorized entities. Sounds inside are not audible to unauthorized entities outside of it.

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[-] Matombo@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago
  • kernelspace
  • make all
  • upstream and downstream
[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

Volatile Memory

PEBCAK

Secrets

Cloud Run

Kubernetes

Flash

Rest endpoint

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Gateway Interplanetary filesystem Netmask Daemon Shadow copy Avatar

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[-] nik9000@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago
[-] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Factory Reset

Hotspot

System Corruption

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[-] dragonshouter@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

Shielded Twisted Wire rootkit worm recursive loop MAC address( kinda like a true name i guess) Administrator control

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Lossless Compression isn't actually powerful, its just an improved Lossy Compression which is admittedly terrifying to use in many cases.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Piracy wizards may teach you a homing missile spell of linking a magnet to someone and then sending a torrent of bits and pieces their way.

Lightning wizards can teach you how systematically shocking your minions should to some extent boost their efficiency in the same amount of time. They call it 'over clocking'.

And 'distributed denial of service' or 'dedossery', is a mastery of wizards who are just pissed, means sending a ton of said minions to one particular shitty tavern, ordering something and walking away en masse.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
  • 28k modem connection sounds *
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