Naming of Parts

[timill]

of the network, that is.

Computers are named for the Muses, but I seem to have two other classes of device; Nooks and smartphones on the one hand, and storage devices (mostly USB hard drives) on the other.

What would people suggest as suitable naming schemes?


ETA: the three storage devices currently on the network are now Alexandria, Babylon and Ephesus. The determination of the name scheme is left as an exercise for the reader ;-)

Comments

[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

Types of fish. Or grape varietals.

[j-lj.livejournal.com]

I tend name things after fictional computers.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Mine tend to be Harry Potter characters, not sure why.

[occams_pyramid]

External hard drives just get numbers. I have computers from three different naming schemes, authors of a paper (I still have Gamow), chemical elements, and semi-precious stones.

[dougs.livejournal.com]

Because I often have two or more external hard drives connected at once, and I'm keen not to unplug the wrong one, they're named "P blue", "P red", "P black" and so on.

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

Ours are all named after Discworld characters - we'll never run out :)