Glossary

Jargon. Lingo. Code Words.

  • Bread/”The Breadening” - The light-hearted hazing process by which new Techrangers must make bread using the office bread maker. (Alternatively, it is sometimes permissible for a Techranger to make bread at home and bring it in, if one is so artisanally inclined.) see Making Bread
  • Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) - The department responsible for course development (Webcourses). It contains several teams, including Learning Systems and Technology.
  • Division of Digital Learning (DDL) - The division of the University responsible for digital learning. It contains several departments, including the Center for Distributed Learning.
  • DL Fee - A fee for “Distance Learning,” aka online classes. This is what funds DDL!
  • Knowledge Base (KB) - Basically, a UCF wiki that holds a lot of tutorials and information on various CDL/UCF workings that are applicable to staff, faculty, and students.
  • Launch - A meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal. (It means “lunch.” When someone says “Laaaunch” it means “let’s go get lunch.”)
  • Learning Systems & Technology (LS&T) - The software development team at the Center for Distributed learning. All Techrangers work at LS&T.
  • Merge Request (MR) - Another term for a pull request, used in GitLab. see Pull Requests
  • Omaha - (or “Okeechobee”) A word used to recognize that moment when a conversation ends naturally in silence.
  • Pull Request (PR) - A request to merge code from one branch into another (usually a main or development branch). see GitHub’s documentation on pull requests
  • T-Smoo - (or “Trop Smoo,” “T-Smooth”) Refers to the Tropical Smoothie Cafe that exists across the parking lot. We often go for Launch by calling a T-Smoo Train.
  • Techranger (TR) - A part-time student employee on the Learning Systems and Technology team. Sometimes, the entire LS&T team is referred to as the “Techranger team”.
  • Snake - A small amount of food eaten between meals. (It means “snack.” When someone says “snakes” it usually means there’s snacks to be had somewhere in the building.)

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