shalroth's definitions

kermit

Slang for the herbal form of cannabis, AKA Grass. So called because it's green, and smells funky.

"I've just scored an henry of kermit"

by Shalroth May 13, 2005

scsi

System Can't See It. interface designed for attaching high speed devices such as Raster Image Processors, Printers, Hard discs and scanners, but invariably involves spending twice as much as you intended and blowing out your logic board.

You must terminate both ends of the SCSI bus. Then yourself.

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

Digital Crack

A game, web site or electronic device that one becomes obsessed with the use of. For a while, it becomes impossible to put down and you may suffer withdrawal if you have to go without it for any length of time.

urabndictionary.com; Nintendo DS; Resident Evil 4

by Shalroth May 16, 2005

Birkonian

An indiviaul that hails frm the town of Birkenhead in Merseyside, UK.

I'm not a fookin' scouser, I'm a birkonian ya pillock

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

FireWire

High speed serial interface defined by Apple Computer in 1994. FireWire is a trademark; the interface may be referred to as IEE1394 withut paying royalties to Apple. FireWire allows the attachment of up to 63 devices to a single controller and allows for hub or daisy-chain topolgies. It was designed as a next-generation replacement for SCSI and is used to connect cameras, AV equipment, hard drives and optical drives to computer equipment.
FireWire can operat at 100,200,400 and 800 Megabits per second and there are 4, 6 and 8 pin variants on the physical connectors.
Sony have their own branding for FireWire - they refer to it as i.Link

The iMac has two FireWire ports on the back.

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

Throwing shapes

The act of forming shapes in the air with ones hands and arms, whilst dancing - usually at a rave.

Big fish, Little fish, cardboard box...

by Shalroth August 23, 2005

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol. A subset of HTTP used to optimise web content for mobile devices such as cellular phones. Defines WML (Wireless Markup Language).
Also referred to as Wait and Pay or Wait and Pace, since the early user experience was using primitive devices which used a 9Kbps link to the internet to receive WAP content. Before GPRS, you were billed for the length of time you were browsing.

The Nokia 7110 was one of the first WAP enabled handsets.

by Shalroth May 23, 2005