I’ve had two days in my Network+ class. Two days to realize I am in far, far over my head. (Have I mentioned that I am vertically challenged?) I’m seeing words like “signal” and “frequency” and “nm” (that’s a nanometer. I didn’t even know they had those) If I had known I was going to have to be an electrical engineer in order to maintain and support a computer network, I might have re-thought this whole process.
In two days (not even two full(-duplex) days, more like half(-duplex) days for 4 or 5 hours) I have encountered ALL of these acronyms. Most of them have cutesy pronunciations, like “fuddy” for FDDI. I can’t remember to say “fuddy” – I don’t even know what FDDI stands for yet! Or “scuzzy” for SCSI. For some reason, I can remember “scuzzy.” Oh well.
Then there are all the words that I thought meant one thing, but really mean something else. Words like “microwave” and “bridge” and “hub” and “port.”
All I can say is:
BFD!
Because I know what that means! FFS!
My head hurts just thinking about all that. Ouch.
WTF?
The acronyms in this business have gotten out of hand. For testing purposes, yes, you’ll need to know them all. In real-world application, you can do what I do. Point and say, “You know, that thingamdoodle!” If that doesn’t work, just call it a “dongle.” That always makes everyone laugh.
Oh yikes. Maybe you should use flashcards?
Lass, you’re welcome
Len, idk! lol
Stuck, I think “dongle” is going on my favorite words list.
Erin, I’m hoping as I get further along, it will make more sense to me. Flashcards are not a bad idea.
Big Fat Delmer?
http://www.delmer.com/?p=999
Delmer … nooo. Big Fat Dongle.
In time it will be old hat. The alphabet soup will start to make sense and the whole outside world will think you speak in code.
TRUST ME.
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