The FIRST Devil's Dictionary

[pabeekm]

I apologize for any excess snark below.

RI3D (n): Robot In 3 Days. An annual reminder that we are all just slackers. See cheat sheet.

Spirit award (n): When FIRST congratulates the team who most enthusiastically blocks everyone’s view in the stands. See participation ribbon.

Kit of parts drivetrain (n): Antithesis to mecanum; A simple, sensible drivetrain configuration that you can actually win with.

LabVIEW (n): That language you always thought was too geeky for you until you realized how great it looked without those braces and big ugly classes.

[randantor]

RoboRIO (n.) A device used to store metal shavings from elsewhere on the robot.

Drive Practice (n.) A time set aside for the drive team to watch the programmers debug code.

Tether (n.) An Ethernet cable noted for its ability to tangle itself when left unsupervised.

Zip tie (n.) The standard fastener used on FRC robots.

[EDesbiens]

Originally Posted by pabeekm

LabVIEW (n): That language you always thought was too geeky for you until you realized how great it looked without those braces and big ugly classes.

But then you realized it compiled way to slowly and could easily overload the CPU...