Acronyms and Funny Ways to Remember things

Looking for new ways to remember stuff. For example, for OSI I've heard All People Seem To Need Data Processing. Well, I studied CS in college and wrote out the letters before I knew this and I have no idea why but my roomate came up with Pretty Dancers Never Talk Smack in PA (pennsylvania), don't judge me but it stuck. Anyway, also don't judge, but to remember that it's bits, then frames, then packets, then segments, then the rest are data, I came up with Big Friends Play Slowly (I know it's stupid but it's memorable). I'm curious if anyone else has come up with any other funny acronyms or saying to remember key concepts.

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cledford3

The correct layer 2 PDU is a frame, not a fragment.

ecuison

OSI Model (Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away):
(A)way - Application (Data)
(P)izza - Presentation (Data)
(S)ausage - Session (Data)
(T)hrow - Transport (Segment)
(N)ot - Network (Packets/Datagram)
(D)o - Data Link (Frames)
(P)lease - Physical (Bits)

TCP/IP Model (Not In The Ass) As my exgf's would say:
(A)ss - Application
(T)he - Transport
(I)n - Internet
(N)ot - Network Interface

Sorry if this offends anyone. Just how I remembered it.

vidrine

Heard the pizza one (and a couple others for the OSI model. Don't think I've ever seen one for the TCP model. Now, though...I don't think I'll ever forget it. Thanks!

ecuison

CMMI - Capability Maturity Model Integrated (In Real Debates, Mostly Opinions)(In Most Debates, Mostly Opinions)

(I)n - Initial
(R)eal - Repeatable
(D)ebates - Defined
(M)ostly - Quantitatively Managed
(O)pinions - Optimized

or

(I)n - Initial
(M)ost - Managed
(D)ebates - Defined
(M)ostly - Quantitatively Managed
(O)pinions - Optimized

RMF - Risk Management Framework (Cat Sat on It's Ass All Morning)
(C)at - Catagorize
(S)at - Select
(I)t's - Implement
(A)ss - Assess
(A)ll - Authorize
(M)orning - Monitor

Business Continuity Planning (Brute force memorize)

Initialize the Project
Business Impact Analysis
Recovery Strategies (Risk Assessment)
Develop Plan and Development (Mitigation Controls)
Implement
Test
Monitor

ecuison

vidrine wrote: »

Heard the pizza one (and a couple others for the OSI model. Don't think I've ever seen one for the TCP model. Now, though...I don't think I'll ever forget it. Thanks!

Yeah, I never heard of one either for the TCP/IP model so that popped into my head when I way trying to figure one out lol.

berlylabs

Yes thank you! It was late when I posted this and I think i was half thinking frames and half thinking segments haha. Thank you for noticing. I've edited it to be right.

madhav523

Access Control mechanisms

(C)2 (D)3 P R

Compensative
Corrective
Detective
Deterrent
Directive
Preventive
Recovery.

tedjames

Incident Handling Steps
1. Preparation - People
2. Identification - Identify
3. Containment - Containers
4. Eradication - Ending
5. Recovery - Real
6. Lessons Learned - Lives

SDLC
1. Initiation - Initially
2. Acquisition/Development - All
3. Implementation/Assessment - Investors
4. Operations/Maintenance - Offer
5. Disposition - Drugs

CMMI Model
1. Initial - I
2. Repeatable - Really
3. Defined - Don't
4. Managed - Mind
5. Optimized - Oranges

Cryptography
P - Privacy
A - Authentication
I - Integrity
N - Non-repudiation