Terminology

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commons

Central wiki providing shared-resources (e.g. images) for other wikis.

Technical

DHCP

Dynamic Host Control Protocol. Wikipedia

FTP

File Transfer Protocol. Port 21. Wikipedia

KVM

Keyboard, Video and Mouse Switch. Often with 12/24/48 ports. Wikipedia

PDU

Power Distribution Unit (AC Power) or Protocol Data Unit (Network)

RAM

Random-Access-Memory

SSH

Secure Shell. Port 22. Wikipedia

SCP

Secure Copy Protocol. Port 22. Wikipedia

VM

Virtual-Machine or Virtual-Memory.

Language

foobar

placeholder used in programming or software contexts Wikipedia

fubar

f**ked up beyond all recognition Wikipedia

air-gap-resistance

not plugged-in correctly.

TLDR

Too Long, Didn't Read. Wikipedia