shalroth's definitions

rememberful

Opposite of 'Forgetful!'

Mark's more rememberful than me lately

by Shalroth June 14, 2005

d5

An excellent digital 'linear' synthesizer from the late eighties, made by Roland. Less expensive than the D10 and D15 because it has less memory and no sequencer built in. Produces very nice phat bass and leads, although the piano and guitar patches suck.

Value of a used D5 is about a hundred dollars.

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

ptfe

Polytetrafluorethylene. Coating applied to my cow-workers in order to avoid new assignments

Gurjit has an outer layer of PTFE

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

Japlish

Badly and often hilariously translated text, usually Japanese in origin (but not exclusively), usually seen on grey import electronic goods. Not to be confused with "Engrish" which is poorly constructed english using japanese linguistics.

"To avoid the erase of recording, please to break the tab in corer of tape is desirable"

by Shalroth May 15, 2005

3g

"Third Generation", the new cellular networks based on packet-switched always on packet radio services. Includes UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone Service) and WCDMA (Wideband Circuit Division Multiple Access).

Advantages to 3G over older cellular networks include the ability to make live video calls, download music tracks and video clips, and access the internet at speeds approaching domestic broadband connections (Typically ~350Kbps)

"My new 3G phone is a bit of a brick but it does video calls"

by Shalroth May 15, 2005

palmpilot

Originally a specific type of handheld computer from US Robotics, for a while Palmpilot was used as a catch-all term to describe any Personal Digital Assistant. Similar to the british use of Hoover to describe any vacuum cleaner.

"I need a new palmpilot, I dropped my old one the other day and the screen cracked"

by Shalroth May 15, 2005

sid music

Synthetic music generated by the SID sound chip in a commodore 64 computer. The SID chip is a complete analogue synthesizer on a single intergrated circuit.

"Rob Hubbard wrote some of the most recognisable SID music on the C64"

by Shalroth May 16, 2005