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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"><a href="indexc3c9.html?id=8">ab <-> fb</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Martin Donlon</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Everything in the world can be described by plotting its position on a 2D graph.</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Niall Donegan</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Anything But Study</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Cathal Ferris</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Box undertaking some of the main administration tasks.</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Niall Merrigan</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">A bribe for when you really need something back from the admins ..(see admin beer generation routine)</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Niall Merrigan</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">A term used to explain why something broke</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"><a href="indexf41b.html?id=10">Minicom</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Daren Nestor</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">A device that accesses a login shell across a serial link</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Daniel Nagle</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Basic atomic unit of skynet measurement.</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Cian Davis</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">A video display</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Cathal Ferris</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Mother is that thing which protects from the outside world</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Ewan Oughton</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Open source database engine / client in use on orac.</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Niall Merrigan</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">A box with wheels </td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"><a href="index681a.html?id=1">root</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Cathal Ferris</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Account with ultimate power on the machine</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"><a href="index2728.html?id=16">Sergio</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">John Madden</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Skynet recovery alarm</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"><a href="indexd708.html?id=3">Skynet</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Daren Nestor</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">The Skynet Project</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"><a href="index8803.html?id=7">slash dotting</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Cian Davis</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Webserver overload</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"><a href="index6e03.html?id=13">The Stables</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">Niall Merrigan</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#; font-size: 10pt"">When you cant find an admin, look here</td>
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<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"><a href="index0055.html?id=11">Yak shaving</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Rory</td>
<td class="data" style="background:#f3f3f3; font-size: 10pt"">Spending time on trivial activities that are not on your critical path to graduation. </td>
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