RadioShack

RadioShack used to sell ham (amatuer) radio equipment, hence the term 'radio shack' for a ham radio operator's radio room.

Now they sell overpriced commerical electronic crap.

see nerd central

Radioshack has gone to the dogs.

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 16, 2003

Type 4 Algorithm

Unclassified cryptographic algorithm that has been registered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, but is not a Federal Information Processing Standard. NTIA

I don't know who used the TYPE FOUR, in fact, I don't even have a HF receiver.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 24, 2004

whitewater rafting

A fun activity where you put on PFDs (layman; "life jacket"), jump in a rubber raft with little PVC paddles and float down the river....no big deal...until you get flipped over, hit on the head with a rock, hit in the teeth with a paddle, flipped out of the raft, pushed out of the raft, or are simply scared out of your mind and go into fight-or-flight mode with those class 5 rapids coming around the bend.

I was having a fun time whitewater rafting until we hit this class 4 sideways, our raft flipped over, I got sucked into the rapid and popped out about 40 feet away (still holding on to my paddle)...After whitewater rafting (which was a real rush) driving on the beltway doesn't seem so bad.

by irishREPUBLICANarmy January 01, 2004

U-boat

literally "unterseeboot" or German for "Under water boat"

OK, It's a German submarine.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003

MHz

Pronunciated: "Megahertz" not "M.H.Z."

Megahertz means 1000 kilohertz (kHz) and kilohertz means 1000 Hz (cycles per second)

1 MHz = 1000 kHz = 1,000,000 Hz

Wow, sense I listen to DC101, who has a transmitter on 101.1 MHz, thats 101,100 kHz, which is 101,100,000 Hz (cycles per second)

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003

VFW

Veterans of Foreign Wars

young people these days have no respect for what thier fathers and grandfathers have done to protect this great nation.

by irishrepublicanarmy January 02, 2004

Type 3 Algorithm

Cryptographic algorithm that has been registered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and has been published as a Federal Information Processing Standard for use in protecting unclassified sensitive information or commercial information. NTIA

The US Government uses the type 3.

by IrishRepublicanArmy June 11, 2006