Tech Dictonary

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SYNOPSIS

A description of this blog and its conventions and guidelines.

DESCRIPTION:

Welcome to my blog.

I hope that you will follow to get (at least) thrice-weekly technology definitions. But to make things easier on those who read it, I have some housekeeping to share.

Starting with… tags!

The #mcctd series of tags are the organizer for this blog. I'm going to try and include at least three tags in each post—

The #mcctd tag

One or more category tag(s)

And #mcctd definitions

This way, if you're looking for a specific term, you don't have to wallow through them! I'll add them all to the bottom of this post.

Second… the format!

I love the format of MANPAGES— a very specific term that perhaps might be the second definition I make on this blog.

Definition posts consist of four things:

The date,

Title,

SYNOPSIS, and

DESCRIPTION.

The date is self-explanatory.

The title shows the term being described.

The synopsis describes the term in one sentence while the description fills it out. Ocassionly, I'll add in SEE ALSO and CITATIONS sections to clarify where I got my information. As you've seen, sometimes I'll use CAPS to highlight important words.

And finally, USER CONTRIBUTIONS!

ASKS

Asks should typically be (polite) questions, errors, or really just anything (that's not NSFW and not directly related to the content of the blof). The only two rules are

Kindness rules and

STAY SFW

Preferably use #mcctd ask so I can see it on my main blog as well.

Anything random should be in an ask, and not in a reply.

Treat replies and DMs as asks for the purpose of rules.

SUBMISSIONS

Please follow the rules in both ASKS and (as close as you can) the formatting description. I'd prefer you defining a specific term in your own words, if at all possible. Also, double check sources and spelling. If you aren't sure how to do font formatting, say so at the beginning of your post. Don't add a date; I'll take care of that for you :)

REPERCUSSIONS

Off-topic: 2x⚠ then 1strike

Improper submission/ask format: ⚠ then 1strike.

Spamming/submitting an repost (already defined): ⚠ then 1strike

NSFW: immediate BAN

With the exception of NSFW, you get 3 strikes. Once you have 3 strikes, you'll be muted.

WALL OF SHAME

This will be replaced with those who have worn the cone of shame by breaking the guidelines set above.

CURRENT CATEGORY TAGS

#mcctd housekeeping is the meta tag of this blog. I'll post updates using this tag.

#mcctd definitions general is for general topics.

#mcctd definitions *NIX is for definitions that is for the *NIX family of operating systems

#mcctd misprints is for goofs— posts intended for @maccorecrazy but ended up here.

DM or ask me with any submission categories.

That's it for now! As I expand this blog, I'll edit this post with more information!

CONTACT

DM me @maccorecrazy to get a quicker response.

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Today is the 12th Day of September, 2023.

Today's term is:

Manpages

Synopsis:

A help system built into the terminal of *NIX systems that has a very specific format used to describe a command for the terminal or otherwise.

Description:

Believe it or not, you’ve been reading man pages here on this blog, since I started. Man pages were some of the first help files that you could get on any UNIX system, and has since been expanded to include other Non units systems. It has a very rigid format, and goes to some detail about all the options and other parameters that any terminal needs to run successfully. This is by far the hardest help system to use, with the Info files system and the TLDR system being easier to use for beginners.

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For the 10th of September 2023:

Technology

Synopsis:

What we learn and create using science and engineering

Description:

For the purposes of this blog technology is ELECTRONICS, the study of how electricity is used to make effects on the world around us, and more specifically CONSUMER ELECTRONICS and related fields. But, as the synopsis explains, technology in its broadest sense is just really any discovery that affects how we see or otherwise interpret our scientific knowledge.

Technology, in that way, has been with us for quite some time, perhaps even to our first ancestors. The tools they used? Guess what— technology! The cannons that Napoleon used! That was technology at the time and thanks to science, we can keep evolving our technology.