Cruncher Lingo Dictionary

So, decided if we're going to get serious about recruiting more members, we should have a dictionary for them to find out WTF we're talking about. :rofl:

Cuz I know the first time I came here I thought you were crazy... Didn't really KNOW it till a few weeks later though. So anyway, Onward:
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36362: best F@H team

Crunching: The process of a computer taking a Work Unit (WUs) and 'crunching' the numbers to calculate their way to the 'answer'.

DC: distributed computing

Downtime: Time for upgrading or maintenance otherwise - WHY AREN'T YOU CRUNCHING?!?!

Farm: That pile of silicon and fans sitting in heaps around these people's houses. (and of course others)

EL WU: -bigadv work units (expand with a link)

F@H: Folding at Home

Folding: A different way of approaching the same problem as crunching, but instead of crunching numbers to arrive at a conclusion, a model is made of how the individual ammino acids inside of a protein fold and how this effects that proteins structure. (And therefore how it effects the cell)

Idle: The worst sin your computer can commit.

PHII/P II/P-II/PII/P2: Phenom II and NOT Pentium II

Pie: Your daily goal. Mmmh...
(The break down of the top 10 contributes of each day)

PPD: Points Per Day

Rig: computer

Setup: computer

SMP: Symmetric Multiprocessing

ST/strig/st rig: SkullTrail

WUs: Work Unit, the small packets sent out to individual computers to be "crunched"

WCG: World Community Grid

WAF: Wife Acceptance Factor


*Points are boinc and credits are wcg specific (~ boinc points * 7)
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Please add words, alternate definitions, or just about anything you feel like. Nothing is stupid. If your first time here you didn't know what someone was talking about, (or still don't) here's your chance to help someone else.

PPD = Points Per Day
F@H = Folding at Home
EL WU = -bigadv work units (expand with a link)
SMP = Symmetric Multiprocessing
DC = distributed computing
75255 = best F@H team :p:

points are boinc and credits are wcg specific (~ boinc points * 7)
wcg = world community grid

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Originally Posted by gongo

Some silly ones that really throw me off:
"P II", "P-II", "PII", or "P2" means "Phenom II" and NOT "Pentium II"
"MW2" means "Modern Warfare 2" and NOT "MechWarrior 2"
"ST", "strig", or "st rig" means "SkullTrail"
"rig" or "setup" means "computer"
"WAF" means "Wife Acceptance Factor"

Most importantly:
"downtime" means "WHY AREN'T YOU CRUNCHING?!?!"

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I'll add these as soon as I have time to format. Thanks :up:

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Originally Posted by tool_462

PPD = Points Per Day
F@H = Folding at Home
EL WU = -bigadv work units (expand with a link)
SMP = Symmetric Multiprocessing
DC = distributed computing
36362 = best F@H team :p:

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Fixed that for ya! ;)

And SC, good point, thanks.

PIE = the thing youre after :)

PHII = Phenom II................

so when using GPUgrid, is that folding or crunching? i'm assuming folding is for GPU's and crunching is for CPU's?

Folding is for protein folding, specifically it's for running Folding@Home. Crunching is pretty much everything else, regardless of the type of processor used.

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Originally Posted by gongo

Some silly ones that really throw me off:
"P II", "P-II", "PII", or "P2" means "Phenom II" and NOT "Pentium II"
"MW2" means "Modern Warfare 2" and NOT "MechWarrior 2"
"ST", "strig", or "st rig" means "SkullTrail"
"rig" or "setup" means "computer"
"WAF" means "Wife Acceptance Factor"

Most importantly:
"downtime" means "WHY AREN'T YOU CRUNCHING?!?!"

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"downtime" is slang for "upgrading or maintenance time"
also:
"Boxen" = rig

Sad = what we feel when crunchers leave the team.