Pop Culture & Slang
The Gen Z term for someone who is "trying too hard to be cool" or "cringe."
"Pick-me" or "Clout chaser"
The highest mountain in the Philippines.
Mt.Apo
The first thing you do when your computer doesn't run, despite knowing it won't actually change anything.
Turning it off and on again
Magbigay ng isa sa mga mag duo na prof sa CCIS na kilalang-kilala ng lahat
This viral "P-Pop" group is known for the hit song "Gento."
SB19
This Philippine province is known as the "Bhest of the North" and the "Salad Bowl of the Philippines."
Benguet
The legendary debugging technique where you put console.log("DITO PUMASOK") or System.out.println("Pogi Ako") every two lines.
Print Statement Debugging
Ang building na nagsisilbing "home" ng CCIS, kung saan ang pila sa elevator ay madalas na mas mahaba pa sa pasensya mo sa pag-debug.
Health and Physical Science Building (HPSB)
When you reverse the syllables of the word "Lodi," you get this English word.
Idol
The scientific name for the national fruit, the Mango.
Mangifera indica
When you fix one small bug in your project and suddenly 42 new errors appear in the terminal.
pighati or pain
Ang subject na madalas nating ituring na "Universal Filter" sa UMak—kung saan doon mo malalaman kung para sa CS/IT ka ba talaga o "shifter in the making" ka na.
Discrete Mathematics / Data Structures?
This slang term is used when you lose a game or fail an exam unexpectedly.
Olats
The active volcano in Batangas that is famous for being a "lake within a volcano within a lake."
Taal Volcano
What you call a classmate who "contributes" to the Group Project by providing the "moral support" and the GC stickers.
Pabuhat
Sa CCIS, ito ang "Ultimate Boss Fight" bago ka payagang mag-martsa, kadalasan ay ginagawa sa 8th floor computer labs or sa Admin 3rd floor.
Capstone Project / Thesis Defense
The legendary "Star for All Seasons" who also became a prominent politician.
Vilma Santos
This city is known as the "City of Pines" and is a favorite destination for student "field trips" or retreats to escape the heat.
Baguio City
This is the ultimate "Final Boss" that every CS student must defeat before they can graduate and start earning in USD.
Thesis Defense
convert 2F16 to binary.
00101111