Absolute Zero: What engineering terms don't mean.

@deepak-gopalakrishnan-KYymit • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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We engineers have a unique vocabulary and it's easy for outsiders to get confused or misunderstand what we mean.

Absolute Zero takes a closer look.

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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Mar 13, 2012

Awesome! 😁

No computer science term, eh?
I guess CS/IT engineers don't use that much of jargon. 😁
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Deepak Gopalakrishnan

@deepak-gopalakrishnan-KYymit • Mar 13, 2012

I should have mentioned this is Part 1 😉
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Mar 13, 2012

Maybe we should start listing out the engineering terms 😀 .
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Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Mar 13, 2012

Sensible Heat! 😁
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Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Mar 13, 2012

😁 Very Funny and Super Like AZ 😛
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vinci

@vinci-e4PtMU • Mar 13, 2012

amazing indeed good job.👍
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Sughosh Deshmukh

@sughosh-deshmukh-PzB3WX • Mar 13, 2012

indeed fab work....
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aarthivg

@aarthivg-HH344f • Mar 13, 2012

superb.It made me to remember viva questions for practical exams
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ISHAN TOPRE

@ishan-nohePN • Mar 14, 2012

#-Link-Snipped-#: It made me remember my III sem. Good one 😀

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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Mar 14, 2012

Till chuck comes with part-2, here's something for all the computer engineers on CE -

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Mar 14, 2012

Awesome!!! 😀 You rock as usual!!! 😀
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Mar 14, 2012

#-Link-Snipped-#, your post too rocks!!! 😀 Superb compilation!!! 😁

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prashpan

@prashpan-rHfjLj • Mar 14, 2012

wow these comics are getting better each day. #-Link-Snipped-# keep up the good work.

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Saandeep Sreerambatla

@saandeep-sreerambatla-hWHU1M • Mar 14, 2012

Induction program😀
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vinci

@vinci-e4PtMU • Mar 14, 2012

fantastic 👍
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zaveri

@zaveri-5TD6Sk • Mar 15, 2012

i have few things to add to it :

flywheel : is not a wheel that flies
lathe dogs : do not refer to dogs who bark at lathe machines
herringbone gear : does not refer to gears made of fish bones
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K!r@nS!ngu

@kr-at-nsngu-XqzcfU • Mar 15, 2012

AbraKaDabra
Till chuck comes with part-2, here's something for all the computer engineers on CE -

Awesome compilation 😛 !!
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Mar 15, 2012

chuckofalltrades
I should have mentioned this is Part 1 😉
Since it is gonna be a Part by Part release, can you do it on Sunday?
What say #-Link-Snipped-# and #-Link-Snipped-#???

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Mar 15, 2012

It's all up to #-Link-Snipped-# to decide. We should however stick to the schedule. 😀 Wednesday is a good day for a new strip to go live.

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Mar 15, 2012

Let me add something from my side!
HardDrive: Not a long and hectic drive by car.
Computer Chips: Not a snack that is eaten by the computers.
Bits & Bytes: Not bits of food that you can bite!
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Sahithi Pallavi

@sahithi-oJZaYj • Mar 19, 2012

Very Nice.
Now I want to see the Computer science words 😁
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Neeraj Sharma

@neeraj-iAaNcG • Mar 19, 2012

C: Not an alphabet of a language. In fact, its a complete language 😛
Bus: Not a bus on which people travel 😛
Constructor: Not a constructor involved in constructions 😛

Will come out with few more soon 😀
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Mar 19, 2012

Nick_Sharma
C: Not an alphabet of a language. In fact, its a complete language 😛
Bus: Not a bus on which people travel 😛
Constructor: Not a constructor involved in constructions 😛

Will come out with few more soon 😀
Super!
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zaveri

@zaveri-5TD6Sk • Mar 29, 2012

and something from the electricals:

stepper motor: is not a motor that walks
carbon brushes : arent the brushes used for painting, cleaning etc etc
transformer : has no connection with the movie
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Mar 29, 2012

zaveri
and something from the electricals:

stepper motor: is not a motor that walks
carbon brushes : arent the brushes used for painting, cleaning etc etc
transformer : has no connection with the movie
transformer: doesn't transform an energy into another!!! 😛 Howz this???
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Neeraj Sharma

@neeraj-iAaNcG • Apr 18, 2012

Garbage Collector: is not the one who collects Garbage 😛
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Apr 18, 2012

Adobe

Photoshop

Apple

Windows

போதுமடா போதும் அறுவை. Enough is enough.
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Umesh Kumar Rai

@umesh-kumar-rai-BBwnLk • Oct 18, 2012

Awesome... Thanks for sharing..
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Indrajeet Roy

@indrajeet-w9OkQg • Oct 26, 2012

Classes: Not the ones we all hated at school!
Functions: Not the ones that we attend!
Unions: Not the one we have after marriage! 😁

How's that for some Computer Programming terms??😁
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SYED BASEERULLAH

@syed-baseerullah-1sAVGB • Oct 26, 2012

thermocouple😁 very funny
Great work
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Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Oct 26, 2012

AbraKaDabra
Awesome! 😁

No computer science term, eh?
I guess CS/IT engineers don't use that much of jargon. 😁
Sorry for being repulsive here AKD but I have never gotten along with any CS engineers till date there has been seriously many arguments between ECE and CS troops of our college
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barath rajamani

@barath-uBS8aH • Feb 17, 2013

Thermocouple was too good...
but if thermocouple was for hot couple in college, then what is THERMISTOR?? ... Mr HOT in college?? 😒
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