tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337831442012-01-13T17:15:10.346-08:00Geek visual dictionaryPanayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-83261560527605657102008-01-20T13:32:00.000-08:002008-01-20T13:37:09.841-08:002008-01-20T13:37:09.841-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_jEZnNQ2DTWc/R5O-hNt4iII/AAAAAAAAAM0/1looWK5vdns/s1600-h/image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 334px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_jEZnNQ2DTWc/R5O-hNt4iII/AAAAAAAAAM0/1looWK5vdns/s320/image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157675476096419970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Greedy Algorithm</span><br />[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greedy_algorithm">wikipedia</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-8326156052760565710?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Andreas Mavrommatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03457557418751590849noreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2008/01/20-january-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-60231795112282449212006-10-15T13:29:00.000-07:002006-10-15T13:35:11.433-07:002006-10-15T13:35:11.433-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/listener.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/listener.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Listener</span><br />[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_listener">Listener Design Pattern</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-6023179511228244921?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-15.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-89192510540576194182006-10-13T20:45:00.000-07:002006-10-13T20:59:12.334-07:002006-10-13T20:59:12.334-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/dining-philosophers.2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/dining-philosophers.2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">The dining philosophers</span><br />[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_Philosophers">wikipedia</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-8919251054057619418?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com1http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-22627967514978218542006-10-11T23:20:00.000-07:002006-10-11T23:27:13.345-07:002006-10-11T23:27:13.345-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/breaking-the-build.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/breaking-the-build.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Breaking the build</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-2262796751497821854?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-11.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-52042388680140501992006-10-10T20:00:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:34:58.418-07:002006-10-10T20:34:58.418-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/travelling-salesman.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/travelling-salesman.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The travelling salesman</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_salesman_problem">wikipedia</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-5204238868014050199?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com3http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-09.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-44090894081707578602006-10-06T19:20:00.001-07:002006-10-10T20:39:16.981-07:002006-10-10T20:39:16.981-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/floating-point.0.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/floating-point.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Floating Point<br />[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point">wikipedia</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-4409089408170757860?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-06.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-34927700698820720682006-10-04T21:50:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:44:02.509-07:002006-10-10T20:44:02.509-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/reverse-engineering.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/reverse-engineering.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reverse Engineering.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering">wikipedia</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-3492770069882072068?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-04.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-17632207521037935192006-10-03T20:02:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:46:14.724-07:002006-10-10T20:46:14.724-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/blue-screen-of-death.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/blue-screen-of-death.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The blue screen of death</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_screen_of_death">wikipedia</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-1763220752103793519?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-03.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-25880461724971750902006-10-02T22:18:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:48:26.409-07:002006-10-10T20:48:26.409-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/garbage-collection.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/garbage-collection.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Garbage Collection</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_%28computer_science%29">wikipedia</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-2588046172497175090?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/10/speakgeek-2006-oct-01.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-52179693598907214722006-09-27T23:00:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:54:49.505-07:002006-10-10T20:54:49.505-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/security-through-obscurity.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/security-through-obscurity.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Security through obscurity.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity">wikipedia</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-5217969359890721472?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/speakgeek-2006-sep-27.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-71641992711155157222006-09-24T13:12:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:57:35.114-07:002006-10-10T20:57:35.114-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/the-pigeonhole-principle.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/the-pigeonhole-principle.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The pigeonhole principle.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here, n = 5 and m = 4. As the picture clearly illustrates, one of the pigeonholes has more than one pigeons! [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_principle">Wikipedia</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-7164199271115515722?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/speakgeek-2006-sep-26.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-41130429483531674432006-09-23T19:49:00.000-07:002006-10-10T21:03:23.076-07:002006-10-10T21:03:23.076-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/smashing-the-stack.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/smashing-the-stack.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Smashing the stack</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html">Smashing the stack for fun and profit</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-4113042948353167443?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/speakgeek-2006-sep-25.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-7498094235243255082006-09-23T19:32:00.000-07:002006-10-10T21:08:16.564-07:002006-10-10T21:08:16.564-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/man-behind-the-curtain.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/man-behind-the-curtain.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Man behind the curtain.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also known as Wizard of Oz prototyping [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_of_Oz_experiment">wikipedia</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-749809423524325508?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/speakgeek-2006-sep-24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-13002618205193883952006-09-23T18:54:00.000-07:002006-10-10T22:17:37.248-07:002006-10-10T22:17:37.248-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/B-tree.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/B-tree.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >B-tree</span><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-tree">wikipedia</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-1300261820519388395?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com1http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/speekgeek-2006-sep-23.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-38374502505234424682006-09-12T22:11:00.000-07:002006-10-10T22:21:18.569-07:002006-10-10T22:21:18.569-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/tag-cloud.0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/400/tag-cloud.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Tag Cloud</span>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_cloud">[wikipedia]</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-3837450250523442468?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/speakgeek-2006-sep-12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-5976072610658042032006-09-11T19:28:00.000-07:002006-09-11T19:30:35.049-07:002006-09-11T19:30:35.049-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/the-halting-problem.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/320/the-halting-problem.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The halting problem.</span><br /></div>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem">wikipedia article</a>]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-597607261065804203?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/halting-problem.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-4428317618997822072006-09-10T20:34:00.000-07:002006-09-10T20:36:10.270-07:002006-09-10T20:36:10.270-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/1600/man-in-the-middle.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7528/4123/320/man-in-the-middle.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Man in the middle.</span></span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_middle_attack">[wikipedia article]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-442831761899782207?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/man-in-middle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-1157832923079288092006-09-09T13:10:00.000-07:002006-09-09T13:15:52.056-07:002006-09-09T13:15:52.056-07:00<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5931/3713/320/elf-in-a-box.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Elf in a box.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-115783292307928809?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com2http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/elf-in-box.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-1157825007943858232006-09-09T11:00:00.000-07:002006-09-09T12:45:27.996-07:002006-09-09T12:45:27.996-07:00<img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5931/3713/320/dictionary%20attack.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Dictionary Attack.</span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack">(wikipedia article)</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-115782500794385823?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/dictionary-attack.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33783144.post-1157264580859976672006-09-02T23:22:00.000-07:002006-09-08T23:26:55.673-07:002006-09-08T23:26:55.673-07:00What's this going to be? Hopefully, a frequently updated site of comic depictions of terms frequently used in computer science. It all started with the "fun and interesting" terms I was introduced to in network security, such as "random oracle", "elf in a box", or "malicious adversary". We used to draw relatively funny pictures of these terms in our class notes, and I thought I could share them, and come up with new ones over time.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33783144-115726458085997667?l=speakgeek.isovitis.com' alt='' /></div>Panayiotis Mavrommatisnoreply@blogger.com0http://speakgeek.isovitis.com/2006/09/welcome-to-isovitis.html