This is a reference table/dictionary I put together for my personal use, maybe it is useful to someone else 
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It is obviously half-jokingly written, and more than a little tongue-in-cheek, don't take it too seriously.
.. still ...
| Mikrotikish | Meaning in Mikrotik world | Meaning in real world | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| beta | beta, an experimental version very near to become next rc. | something that has been pushed out to users as a first attempt to something new, with a few added features and many new or regression bugs. | pre-alha or early-early alpha |
| bug | a minor issue that can happen and that will be solved, but no ETA at the moment | something that can break the otherwise normally working of tens, hundreds, or thousands of devices. usually introduced with a new version of software | severe bug |
| CCR | Cloud Core Router | a good router, the Cloud in the name has been added by the marketing department, the Core is meaningless, but was added to have a three letter acronym. | router |
| critical bug | see bug | something that will break the otherwise normally working of tens, hundreds, or thousands of devices. usually introduced with a new version of software | extremely critical bug |
| CRS | Cloud Router Switch | a good switch with marginal router capabilities, the Cloud and Router in the name have been added by the marketing department. | switch |
| CSS | Cloud Smart Switch | a switch with low resources, using SwOS or SwOS lite instead of RouterOS, the Cloud and Smart in the name have been added by the marketing department. | low cost switch for the masses |
| current | see stable | see stable | see stable |
| developer | a good, competent engineer that writes software | a good, competent engineer that writes software, in good faith but often losing the overall view on what he/she is writing. | developer (unmanaged) |
| improved | something that is better than before, as an example, "improved stability" means that it is more stable than an earlier version | something that is - at the moment - exactly as or worse than before, in Italian the proverb is "La toppa è peggio del buco" that translates literally to "The patch is worse than the hole", more generally it means "We are working on it, but no ETA" . | changed, and subject to future changes |
| long term | a version that should be used by anyone that has not the guts to use any of beta, rc or stable. | something that has been released without proper testing as long term but usually shortly lived, anyway usually better than other versions. | rc, release candidate |
| marketing department | the good guys that make brochures and write copy for the videos used to help selling devices | the good guys that add lots of hype to anything, often going way over the thin line between optimism and tall stories, particularly when it comes to capabilities and performance of devices.And yes, they will be the first against the wall when revolution comes. | liers |
| Normisal | not defined | used informally for something that is not normal but that Normis attempts to sell as such. | queer |
| proofreading | the procedures implemented to make sure that documents, site, brochures, etc. bear no mistakes | something that is never done | unheard of |
| quality control | not defined, a missing department | a team or department that checks that the stupid things developers do are not passed on to the customers | nobody |
| rc, release candidate | an almost finished version that will become next release. | something that has been pushed out to users as a nth attempt to something new, with a few added features and many new or regression bugs, but with some of the bugs introduced in the various previouis betas fixed. . | early beta |
| regression bug | see bug | something that has already broken the otherwise normally working of tens, hundreds, or thousands of devices. and will break it AGAIN | terrible regression bug |
| software architect | not defined, as the figure does not exist, or if it actually exists, does nothing | someone that coordinates the efforts of the developers, giving them a direction and path for future development | nobody |
| software documentation | the reference for commands and settings of the software | the reference to a small fraction of commands and settings of the software, often missing examples or with wrong or incomplete ones | some commands partially explained, not all of them, in spots. |
| stable | something you can rely on. | something that has been pushed to users as the final attempt to something new, usually unreliable, and becoming actually stable at the third or fourth revision, usually it takes 4 weeks or 28 days since official release to actually starting considering it somewhat stable. | highly experimental, unstable, after having matured for 4 weeks at least it becomes experimental and you may start thinking to use it in production. |
| telegraphic | pertaining the use of telegraph | the style used by the good Mikrotik guys that write documentation and help pages, or when they post on the forum, it is clear from the result that when they write they pay a fee per word | laconic, incomplete |
As always, suggestions for corrections and additions are welcome.
Have you now taken to writing in Mikrotikish?
