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Computer science terms that sound like fantasy RPG abilities

I’ll start:

  • Firewall
  • Virtual Memory
  • Single source of truth
  • Lossless Compression (this one sounds really powerful for some reason)

Your turn

Hard mode: Try not to include closer to domain-specific things like javascript library names

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech
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    2 months ago

    Reroot tree: Tree digs itself out of the ground, walks to another location and takes root, as if it’s always been there.

    Heap sort: More advanced technique for which Reroot tree is a prerequisite for some reason. Arranges assortments of things into neat piles with only one kind of object per pile. Very useful when looking for things in treasure chambers.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      “I cast heap sort on the owlbear.”

      “…”

      “The owlbear is sorted into neat piles, the first containing hair/nails/claws/beaks, the second feathers, the third bone, the fourth meat, the fifth blood…”