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# Skynet encyclopedia

Term | Submitted by | Explanation
ab <-> fb | Martin Donlon | Everything in the world can be described by plotting its position on a 2D graph.
ABS | Niall Donegan | Anything But Study
admin | Cathal Ferris | Box undertaking some of the main administration tasks.
Beer | Niall Merrigan | A bribe for when you really need something back from the admins ..(see admin beer generation routine)
maddenj | Niall Merrigan | A term used to explain why something broke
Minicom | Daren Nestor | A device that accesses a login shell across a serial link
molc | Daniel Nagle | Basic atomic unit of skynet measurement.
Monitor | Cian Davis | A video display
mother | Cathal Ferris | Mother is that thing which protects from the outside world
MySQL | Ewan Oughton | Open source database engine / client in use on orac.
R2D2 | Niall Merrigan | A box with wheels
root | Cathal Ferris | Account with ultimate power on the machine
Sergio | John Madden | Skynet recovery alarm
Skynet | Daren Nestor | The Skynet Project
slash dotting | Cian Davis | Webserver overload
The Stables | Niall Merrigan | When you cant find an admin, look here
Yak shaving | Rory | Spending time on trivial activities that are not on your critical path to graduation.

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