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  • Robot FreakRobot Freak Posts: 168
    edited 2010-04-07 18:03
    How about: "Spin Server"

    It is short, you can use "SS" as abbreviation and methods like ss_load() ss_send() ss_config()

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  • Jan EJan E Posts: 11
    edited 2010-04-07 20:29
    Propeller Web Spider
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-04-07 21:17
    "Spider" has a very distinct meaning when it comes to the internet:

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_spider

    It may cause confusion among those familiar with the term.

    -Phil
  • TubularTubular Posts: 4,717
    edited 2010-04-07 21:18
    der
  • chrome sitarchrome sitar Posts: 8
    edited 2010-04-07 21:31
    I can't beat spider-that's a great one.
    I can only come up with a joke name.
    Please forgive me in advance.

    propeller ethernet network interface server

    Sorry.
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2010-04-07 21:41
    uuugh! omg

    So far for me PropNet and SpinServer seem to have the most merit.

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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2010-04-07 21:52
    (snicker)

    Somebody had to do it. Well, now we know who!

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  • chrome sitarchrome sitar Posts: 8
    edited 2010-04-08 00:07
    They could have made a great April fools joke out of it.
    Maybe?
  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2010-04-08 03:14
    P.I.D.
    Propeller Internet Device.

    Simple, short, and describes any sort of internet related use.
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  • w8anw8an Posts: 176
    edited 2010-04-08 03:23
    PIP
    Propeller Internet Processor

    (not to be confused with the CP/M copy command PIP.COM, Peripheral Interchange Program)
  • Clock LoopClock Loop Posts: 2,069
    edited 2010-04-08 03:38
    Renegade.
  • RossHRossH Posts: 5,520
    edited 2010-04-08 04:26
    Or if you have a musical bent, what's wrong with Spinet?

    Ross.

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  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,935
    edited 2010-04-08 05:53
    PIPER = Propeller Internet Platform, Ethernet Ready

    denotes it's a webserver with ethernet port on board.

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  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2010-04-08 06:13
    NetPal

    ProperNet

    edit: should've Googled first, both of those are in use... Still, doesn't mean you can't use them, as long as they aren't trademarked - right?

    In keeping with the spider theme:

    Charlotte

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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2010-04-08 14:25
    Awww it's a NICE little web server [noparse]:)[/noparse] Friendly too.

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  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,935
    edited 2010-04-08 16:43
    another one: SPINDEL that's spider in Swedish. You can also SPIN off of that word.......

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  • DocThomasDocThomas Posts: 31
    edited 2010-04-08 17:51
    W.W.P.·· World Wide Propeller.
  • David CarrierDavid Carrier Posts: 294
    edited 2010-04-15 00:39
    It looks like the most popular name, both on this thread and at Parallax, is "Spider". (Congratulations Yendor! We'll be sending you a beta unit, once we build them.) But, that doesn't mean that we are done. We know we want "Spider", or something representing a spider, in the name, but we still don't know exactly what to call it.
    There are two aspects that we need to decide upon. First, what aspect of spider to use, e.g. should we call it the arachnid, black widow, or just spider? Second, What would the full name be? In the very least, we will need to say that it is a network (or web) server. Try to think of an entry that we could use in a catalog or a search results page. Think of titles like the "arachnid network system", or the "spider web server".

    — David Carrier
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2010-04-15 01:37
    David Carrier (Parallax) said...
    ...what aspect of spider to use, e.g. should we call it the arachnid, black widow, or just spider? ....

    Spinneret

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinneret_(spider)
  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2010-04-15 01:42
    The part of a spider that actually servers up the web is the...."Spinnerette".
    A take on "spin" and "spider".

    [noparse][[/noparse]Edit] ElectricAye beat me to it... Great minds think alike...

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  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2010-04-15 01:48
    Bean said...
    The part of a spider that actually servers up the web is the...."Spinnerette".
    A take on "spin" and "spider".

    [noparse][[/noparse]Edit] ElectricAye beat me to it... Great minds think alike...


    Bean

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-04-15 02:03
    Now that I understand how it's receiving power (via a servo header), Propeller NetPAL might be a good name for it.

    -Phil
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2010-04-15 03:40
    I kind of like that name Phil.

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  • TinkersALotTinkersALot Posts: 535
    edited 2010-04-15 05:42
    several psuedo random ideas (not necessarily ranked)

    uNet (micronet) server
    socket-rocket
    embed-e-net [noparse][[/noparse]I like the sound of this one the most]
    gluon
    atom-o-naut
    fortunet
    penny net
    network slipper
    castinet

    well, that is my first pass at free associating some ideas...Hopefully one of these are worth the space it takes to store them
  • YendorYendor Posts: 288
    edited 2010-04-20 18:14
    Awesome!!! - Many thanks for the opportunity!!!

    I still like the "Parallax Spider Web Server". Kinda spouts its own fangs, so to speak.

    To soften the menacing Spider, which I can still see the cool ad and marketing campaign in my mind... what's the thoughts on another 'backronym": "S I L K"

    Spider Internet Link Kit - kinda goes with a Parallax naming convention and has spider references, but the "Spider Web Server" seems more appropriate.

    Thanks again! I have a static IP that is dying to be woven by Spider!

    Post Edited (Yendor) : 4/20/2010 6:30:01 PM GMT
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2010-04-20 19:20
    SILK is a great name for the product! Too bad the Soybean Milk producer already claims trademark rights.

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  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2010-04-20 19:40
    Yendor,

    You could just reverse the two middle words to make it 'Complete'... that'd be SLICK smilewinkgrin.gif

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  • YendorYendor Posts: 288
    edited 2010-04-20 19:54
    Thanks!

    I believe there's a 'scope' applied to trademarks, as long as there are distinct product differences.

    For example, if it was a beverage parallax was making (i.e. a much needed energy drink), then there would be an issue if it was called 'silk'.

    An example, I've seen software products called 'Silk'. A google search also shows several companies using the 'silk' name.

    Another example: Parallax, is a restaurant, a comic book villian, a band, and the really cool company we've come to know and love.

    Interesting topic to find out for sure, though!

    [noparse][[/noparse]edit]· Hmm, now 'Spider Man' I·would·think would be·an issue, though...

    Post Edited (Yendor) : 4/20/2010 8:04:55 PM GMT
  • computer guycomputer guy Posts: 1,113
    edited 2010-04-21 06:10
    For what it's worth. I like the name spider too. smile.gif

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  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2010-04-21 13:00
    computer guy: That looks fantastic !
    But don't I recognise it? It's a Funnelweb spider smile.gif

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