IT terms you can't read at first glance

Hello, this

is Kawa from the Brute Force System Solutions Department, and this is my home post.

In this industry, new technologies and services emerge every day like bamboo shoots (by the way, I'm a bamboo shoot fan, but I have no intention of going to war with mushroom fans). Some of them are difficult to read and remember, and ordering a caramel macchiato is also difficult.

This time, I would like to summarize some of the difficult ways to read IT terms using Pride and Prejudice.
(However, I personally think it's ok as long as it's communicated, so I think it's up to the individual to decide what is completely correct.)

Terms you can't read at first glance

◆ awk (oak)

Known Unix/Linux commands.
I thought it was some kind of English word, but it turns out that the name is actually the initials of the three authors.

Alfred A ho,
Peter W einberger,
Brian K ernighan
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mastering-linux-shell/9781788990554/5f871e36-5ac8-4805-b5f5-28ab3f2957f3.xhtml

(I'm curious about Alfred's last name...)

◆ cron (kron, cron, clone)
familiar clock daemon
Personally, I would like to recommend "cron" in this regard.
Clone can be interpreted as having a different meaning, and for reasons that will be explained later, I get the impression that Coulomb is also slightly different (but for some reason, ``Coulomb'' is a huge force in Japan).

There seem to be various theories regarding the etymology, but originallyGreek word for god of timeThere is a theory that it comes from cronous (Greek: Κρόνος), and there are traces of it in Latin and English, so I think this is the most likely (the original concept is difficult to understand).
It is often used with words related to time, such as synchronicity and chronicle.Chrono Trigger is a masterpiece (I like the robot episode)

◆ When I heard that null
does not equal 0, my brain almost corroded, but I learned the concept from the famous toilet paper roll analogy.
The French word "nul" for "0" comes from the Latin word "nullus" for "nothing" ( see ).
"Null" also works (I don't know).

◆ Lambda (Lambda)
There are many types, but the one I often use is AWS Lambda or Python Lambda
comes from the Greek alphabet lambda "Λ, λ" and
the lambda calculus devised by Alonzo Church in the 1930s. Apparently there is.

No Japanese knows how to read
Kubernetes or K8s (Kubanetis, Kubanetis, Kubernetis, etc.) Because originally he is κυβερνήτης. The English word seems to be coo- ber -net-ees. Take what you like.
K8s has 8 characters between the K at the beginning and the S at the end. sk8er style.
The etymology was detailed in IDCF's article

Kubernetes comes from the Greek κυβερνήτης (kivermitis), meaning helmsman or pilot, and the logo is designed to resemble a ship's rudder.

◆ varchar This
is something you often see in DB. Any text is fine.
"var" iable "char" acter

The usage is different from CHAR, so it was officially referenced.

I might write again if I feel like it.

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