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Small Computer Systems Interface is a venerable bus standard for connecting computer components. It is primarily known as a hard drive interface but one could also find external drives, scanners and other peripherals that use it. Devices can be either internal to the PC, using a ribbon cable, or they might be external using a Centronics style connector (which came in different standards). Devices must be manually configured with a device ID (usually with jumpers or DIP switches) and may be daisy-chained, with the last device on the chain requiring a special termination cap. Computer janitors have long argued about the pronunciation of the acronym. Where many people pronounce it like "scuzzy," its proponents argue that it should be pronounced "sexy" as per the last wishes of its inventor, William S. Computers. Much like the gif/jif debate this is still hotly contested and often used as a shibboleth among computer enthusiasts. Personally, I pronounce it "scuzzy," but I also say "jif" and use greenpos. Please vote and thanks for visiting my thread!
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Dec 9, 2018 14:19
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Just like jif, scuzzy is the correct pronunciation.
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Dec 9, 2018 15:19
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the guy who invented the gif standard is from Mexico, and based on the spanish derivation of the word for moving picture, so the pronunciation is "hif" if you want to be technically correct it's fun educating ignorant white web nerds about this
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Dec 9, 2018 15:51
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I believe you'll actually find it's an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format
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Dec 9, 2018 17:19
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much like you're posting, it's scuzzy
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Dec 9, 2018 17:30
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greenpos is correctpos
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Dec 9, 2018 18:03
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you don’t. kinda like how you dont take G*d’s name in vain.
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Dec 9, 2018 18:05
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Silver Alicorn posted:
these are all correct
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Dec 9, 2018 18:08
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Pryor on Fire posted:the guy who invented the gif standard is from Mexico, and based on the spanish derivation of the word for moving picture, so the pronunciation is "hif" if you want to be technically correct actually it was a guy called geoff
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Dec 9, 2018 18:11
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el gife
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Dec 9, 2018 18:12
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i pronounce it "bad post"
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Dec 9, 2018 18:54
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Soricidus posted:actually it was a guy called geoff Pronounced 'goff'
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Dec 9, 2018 19:10
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I pronounce it: 
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Dec 9, 2018 21:19
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i mean tbh i dont discuss scsi with anyone irl
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Dec 9, 2018 21:31
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Shaggar posted:these are all correct shaggar is right
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Dec 9, 2018 22:27
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scusi as in the italian for sorry as in sorry i made you listen to me say a computer word
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Dec 9, 2018 23:24
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I pronounce you husband and wife
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Dec 9, 2018 23:46
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Dec 9, 2018 23:52
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my friend has a cat named SCSI
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Dec 10, 2018 01:12
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Moridin920 posted:my friend has a cat named SCSI 
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Dec 10, 2018 01:38
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show owns
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Dec 10, 2018 02:18
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"gif" is pronounced with a hard g
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Dec 10, 2018 02:26
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President Beep posted:you don't. kinda like how you dont take G*d's name in vain. Lime posted:scusi as in the italian for sorry as in sorry i made you listen to me say a computer word these are both correct don't say computer words out loud
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Dec 10, 2018 02:30
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it's pronounced "get out"
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Dec 10, 2018 02:34
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cursed answer: ess see ess eye
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Dec 10, 2018 06:12
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Captain Foo posted:it's pronounced "get out" I Will Not
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Dec 10, 2018 06:13
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SKA-SI. Ska as in 'I love to listen to Tub Thumping' and Si as in 'Si, I have your honor, I plead guilty to downloading that car'.
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Dec 10, 2018 06:39
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the whole thing. small computer systems interface
jimmyjams fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Dec 10, 2018 |
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Dec 10, 2018 06:40
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as in "yo dan. hand me those small computer systems interface drives so i can plug them into the small computer systems interface drive bay"
jimmyjams fucked around with this message at 06:51 on Dec 10, 2018 |
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Dec 10, 2018 06:43
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I guess you could pronounce it like john scalzi
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Dec 10, 2018 06:55
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very carefully op
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Dec 10, 2018 07:18
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I pronounce it skoozee
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Dec 10, 2018 08:19
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scuzzy, jif, spaces, amber, avs on, i do use ignore
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Dec 10, 2018 08:24
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the fact that it's pronounced "scuzzy" and not "sexy" is why computer people shouldn't be allowed to name things
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Dec 10, 2018 16:30
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would you elaborate on that?
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Dec 10, 2018 16:36
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who uses anything with a scsi interface in 2018 anyway. its all sas now
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Dec 10, 2018 16:45
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Silver Alicorn posted:would you elaborate on that? computer people shouldn't be allowed to name things.
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Dec 10, 2018 16:47
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scuzzi scuzzi, hot-a fresh data coming-a through
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Dec 10, 2018 16:51
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Kevin Mitnick P.E. posted:who uses anything with a scsi interface in 2018 anyway. its all sas now buddy, there’s a whole rear end community of people retrocomputing now I have a Mac w/ scsi under my desk at home
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Dec 10, 2018 16:54
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rotor posted:computer people shouldn't be allowed /::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::\ thread terminator
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