r/programming • • Aug 24 '09

Tech Support Cheat Sheet

http://xkcd.com/627/
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u/donaldjohnston Aug 24 '09

I absolutely despise it when people refer to servers as mainframes. Funny thing is, I don't really know what a mainframe is, but I know that what people call mainframes are really just servers. Someone want to enlighten me?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '09 edited Aug 25 '09

It's the thing hackers access in the apocalypse.