Naming Your Computers
I like to give all my computers original, easy to remember names. I think people cop-out if their computer name is XP-PRO or LAPTOP or LINUX. Here’s a few ideas I’ve gathered for naming schemes. Make sure you leave yours in the comments.
- The Seven Deadly Sins (My current naming scheme)
- lust
- gluttony
- greed
- sloth
- wrath
- envy
- pride (hubris)
- Mythical Creatures
- gryphon
- dragon
- hydra
- unicorn
- pegasus
- gargoyle
- chimera
- sphinx
- phoenix
- cerberus
- kraken
- leviathan
- wyvern
- Happy Words (thanks Carey)
- abandonment
- isolation
- hate
- despair
- revenge
- Trees
- juniper
- maple
- oak
- cedar
- pine
Update: I thought of one other one:
- alpha
- bravo
- charlie
- delta
- etc…
Sammy said,
November 10, 2006 @ 12:19 pm
Our company named our servers as:
Budweiser
Jack Daniels
Captain Morgan
Miller Lite
Henken etc
Good to name them though. Easy to remember too.
James said,
November 11, 2006 @ 12:42 am
I like to come up with unuasle names as well, right now it is The Key To The Dark Side
Jesse said,
November 11, 2006 @ 3:54 am
We used the Seven Dwarves. Each server had a number after it, like Happy001, Happy002, etc.
Doc - Symantec AntiVirus servers
Grumpy - Windows servers
Happy - Linux servers
Sneezy - print servers
Bashful - headless servers (meaning without a monitor)
Sleepy - backup server (backups run at midnight)
Dopey - dumb terminals
Bet you can’t beat that!
Carey said,
November 13, 2006 @ 7:08 pm
I think Jesse wins, that’s too funny!
Bob said,
December 1, 2006 @ 12:35 am
I tend to name my computers after celestial bodies/constellations. This one is Orion and my laptop is Sol. My linux box is Cricket; can’t really explain that one.