SPOC - Single Point Of Contact

Also known as :

SPOC Single Person of Contact
SPOC Single Point Of Control

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/SPOC

3G - Third generation (Cell Service)

Ok, 3G could mean many things but in the current world it refers to the next generation of data and voice service on cellular networks.

Without getting into gory detail (check http://rickalm.blogspot.com maybe i'll get gory there) it means faster service for downloading / surfing / etc from your mobile. 3G is only usually availible in city settings, so don't be annoyed when you go back to conventional service in the middle of the desert.

CIFS - Common Internet File System

CIFS is microsoft's next version of the SMB File system. The underlying technoligy became well known as a result of the SaMBa project, which allows a Linux server to appear to windows clients as a windows server.

References:

http://samba.org/cifs/docs/what-is-smb.html

http://samba.org/cifs/docs/what-is-smb.html

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/cnet/cnad_arc_endh.mspx?mfr=true

RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Devices

OK, while most people think of RAID as just for disks its really mean to describe anything. But lets talk about disks for a minute.

Different RAID levels refer to different styles of building an array. The numbers kind of imply one building on another (i.e. Raid 5 is better than Raid 4), but don't think of them as perfectly building on another.

http://rickalm.blogspot.com/2008/02/raid-and-raid-what-is-raid.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

SWAG - Sophisticated [Scientific] Wild A** Guess

Ever been asked "how long will it take you to do X", but you've never done X in your life.

You spend a few seconds in your head, think well X is kinda like Y and its also kinda like Z. Y or Z would take me 3-5 days to do so therefore X should take me 3-5 days to do

Congratulations, you've just performed a SWAG.

a WAG is a less scientific guess, I.e. Who do you think will win the superbowl, well I think it will be X cause they have brighter colored jersey's and it will blind the other team

In other words, it’s a plain, ordinary “hunch.” Just because it’s a hunch doesn't make it any less valid, because we all operate on hunches. Ask any coach of any sports team, they'll tell you it’s about gut feelings (and alot of planning based on those feelings)

BBWC - Battery Backed Write Cache

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11063_na/11063_na.HTML

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BBWC Enabler optional upgrade for the ...blahblahblah..., servers and provides increased performance and worry-free battery backed write cache data protection for all server internal storage needs.

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AAA - Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

• Authentication
  Authentication refers to the confirmation that a user who is requesting services is a valid user of the network services requested. Authentication is accomplished via the presentation of an identity and credentials. Examples of types of credentials are passwords, one-time tokens, digital certificates, and phone numbers (calling/called).

• Authorization
  Authorization refers to the granting of specific types of service (including "no service") to a user, based on their authentication, what services they are requesting, and the current system state. Authorization may be based on restrictions, for example time-of-day restrictions, or physical location restrictions, or restrictions against multiple logins by the same user. Authorization determines the nature of the service which is granted to a user. Examples of types of service include, but are not limited to: IP address filtering, address assignment, route assignment, QoS/differential services, bandwidth control/traffic management, compulsory tunneling to a specific endpoint, and encryption.

• Accounting
  Accounting refers to the tracking of the consumption of network resources by users. This information may be used for management, planning, billing, or other purposes. Real-time accounting refers to accounting information that is delivered concurrently with the consumption of the resources. Batch accounting refers to accounting information that is saved until it is delivered at a later time. Typical information that is gathered in accounting is the identity of the user, the nature of the service delivered, when the service began, and when it ended.

JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks

It refers to a 2 or more disk drives (typically in an external case) that are connected with 1 or more cables to a computer.

The disks are in no way an "array", a "raid" .. they are simply Disk Drives

COTS - Commercial Off The Shelf

Its the whole Buy vs. Build reduced to 4 letters