[Tlhingan-hol] Maltz about computer terms

[Lieven]

De'vID has warned you - here's the message that Maltz sent to the qepHom 
2014 - through Marc Okrand, of course:

Maltz has been intrigued by computers lately for some reason.  He thinks 
the computers we have (or at least the computers I've shown him) are 
quaint.  Nevertheless, he did provide some vocabulary.

A computer keyboard is a nItlh 'echlet (or a De'wI' nItlh 'echlet if 
further clarification is needed).  A touchpad is a 'echlet Hab (or 
De'wI' 'echlet Hab).  And a mouse is a 'eQway' (not to be confused, 
Maltz was quick to point out, with 'eQway "belly button").  He said that 
a 'eQway' does not have a 'eQway, but that it could have a leQ "button" 
(but more generally "switch") and it usually has two (a poS leQ and a 
nIH leQ, "left button" and "right button" respectively).  If the 'eQway' 
has a wheel, that's a rutlhHom.  To "click" one of the buttons is to 'uy 
"press down" (even though the action is really to press down and then 
release).  To say to "click" on a link, for example, the verb wIv 
"select, choose" is used rather than 'uy.

A computer of any kind is, of course, a De'wI'.  A laptop is a De'wI'Hom 
(but Maltz said that De'wI' tIS could be used also).  A desktop computer 
is a raS De'wI'.

The main computer core is a De'wI' SoSbor'a', a word he gave us a while 
back.  This, he said, is normally used only for pretty big (or pretty 
powerful) computers.  He learned the term "CPU" recently and said that 
that's called loHjan (or De'wI' loHjan).

He also gave a few words related to Internet security.  (He just called 
the Internet 'Internet and insisted that it was a proper Klingon word.) 
  A password or passcode is a chaw' ngoq.  He said the usual way to say 
"encrypt" was So' "hide" or "cloak."  To "decrypt" is So'Ha', but that 
term is used only when the decrypting is authorized and the way to do it 
is known.  The slang term baghHa' (literally "untie") is used for "crack 
a code" -- to figure out how to decrypt and successfully do so (as 
opposed to knowing how to do it ahead of time).

Maltz also said that now that everyone knows the word meS "knot," he can 
add that meS is a frequently used slang term for "encrypt."  Similarly, 
meSHa' means "decrypt" (but, like So'Ha', it implies that the person 
doing the decryption knows what he or she is doing ahead of time and is 
not cracking a code).

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Lieven L. Litaer
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