What's the best system name you've heard?

[stephen hazel]

I guess the best system name I've actually DONE was FSS It stood for Factory Status System. But, you know, to me it was always ****in' stupid system.

[stephen hazel]

Seriously?? That would be AWESOME!

[Henry Minute]

True.

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[Tom Delany]

Usually, PITA stands for "Pain in the A**".

[Pete OHanlon]

Sounds like it should be called Business On Line Operation Control System.

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[PIEBALDconsult]

"What's in a name?" I don't recall any good/odd product names, but I do know that one should never allow a developer to pick a name: On my last job (a taxicab company), the president continually asked we developers to give our systems names that he could promote. Among the many I proposed was "Transportation Information Tracking System". Eventually the president stopped asking.

[Miszou]

I once (long, long ago) wrote a map editor for Rise of the Triad[^], called Throttle. The Rise Of The Triad Level Editor It was written in Borland C++ 3.1 with OWL for Windows 3.1. I still have the source code for it, but I highly doubt I could get it to compile, even if I still had the compiler. Although it might be fun to make a Windows 3.1 VM and see if it still works... :cool:

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[BonshatS]

We called one QMDC for quarter million dollar clock.

[ian dennis 0]

I'm currently working on an Electronic Pick Up / Delivery system, which the client insists on calling EPUD. I'm also working on a management system for our Patriot Advanced Capability missile build system. Again, the client had the last word on naming it .... PACMAN! :)

[Lost User]

Back in the day when I was the IT guy, sys admin and DB guru at work we brought up our first MRP system. Like most inventory systems, the cost accountants needed to assign costing methods to inventory items. Naturally there was: FIFO - First In, First Out LIFO - Last In, First Out After a few years we lovingly referred to some items as FISH - First In, Still Here

[Gary R Wheeler]

We've had PIMP, PIGLET, and SWiFT where I work. Yes, they were all acronyms for systems we actually sold. No, I don't remember what they stood for.

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[Jason Christian]

I offered up T.... Implementation Tool once. It didn't fly. So sad.

[Naruki 0]

My company (filled with Japanese guys) was soliciting names for a new security service app, and one of the suggestions just slew me: anytime staring system. He made sure we knew the correct acronym by adding it in parentheses after. I so hoped we'd pick that one and start selling our ASS all over Tokyo.

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[stephen hazel]

That is just pure awesome-ness...

[DirtyAndy]

Around 10 years ago the department I was working for (in a very large company) needed a simplified issue tracking system. They liked the idea of Remedy but didn't have budget to buy it (capex freeze - you've got to love the way companies work) so got me to write it instead. Son Of REmedy Did a logo with a bandaid on it and everything. SORE went into production, doubt it still is though.

[Joe Q]

I worked on a system call FUTS (Fire Unit Test Set). I was told it's a control system and not a test set so I tried to get it renamed to FUCS (Fire Unit Control System)...they stayed with FUTS. :laugh:

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[coding4ever]

The higher ups at my company requested an program that could generate and send an e-mail when given a nicely formatted HTML document and a spreadsheet of e-mail addresses. I called the program Simple Program for Autonomous Mail Relay and no one batted an eye....

[SohjSolwin]

I recommended the name ANEMICS for one of our company's products used for Non-Emergent Transports. It's generally used while transferring dialysis patients and such. Needless to say, they boss didn't pick my suggestion.

[PSU Steve]

We have SPECTRE - SPecialized Electronic Combat Toolkit and Reprogramming Environment. Click to see logo. This is a US Air Force system for doing electronic warfare work. We also have MUSTANG -- Multi-Agency Universal Security Tracking Application - Next-Generation. Click to see logo. This is a DoD system for tracking security information.

[TechyPol]

Client Utility Network Toolkit...we couldn't think of a suitable acronym though...