# What's in a Name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta Discussion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308 "2018-07-20T05:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jacks9](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/jacks9/32/9_2.png) [@jacks9](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jacks9)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/29 "2018-07-27T17:23:35Z")
I actually started with QuARC, but I found prior use on a Google search, and I preferred to say “Kirk” (to rhyme with PEARC) over “Quark” (even though I’m a quantum guy). However, one is still tempted to pronounce it “Quirk” instead of “Kirk”. ---
**Author:** ![jma](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/jma/32/303_2.png) [@jma](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jma)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/20 "2018-07-26T05:38:33Z")
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**Author:** ![jma](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/jma/32/303_2.png) [@jma](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jma)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/21 "2018-07-26T05:38:49Z")
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**Author:** ![danabrunson](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/danabrunson/32/33_2.png) [@danabrunson](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/danabrunson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/30 "2018-07-27T17:38:19Z")
Good points about Google search. I lean to QueRC now. But, I seem to be pronouncing it “quirk”. ---
**Author:** ![syockel](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/syockel/32/15_2.png) [@syockel](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/syockel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/31 "2018-07-30T14:55:20Z")
Only issue is if you tell someone to go to “Q R C” they may just do that or “queueRC” because they all know the term “queue”. ---
**Author:** ![jacks9](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/jacks9/32/9_2.png) [@jacks9](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jacks9)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/34 "2018-07-30T15:42:14Z")
A Spanish twist could be QuéRC (as in “Kay R C”), not to be confused with K R C. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aculich](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/aculich/32/79_2.png) [@aculich](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/aculich)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/47 "2018-07-31T19:55:26Z")
I love the cleverness of the QueRc name for many reasons… though I am a bit reluctant to vote for it because I empathize with the end users who get frustrated with the hard-to-type acronyms that we sometimes come up with! So my vote goes here to the simple and direct name of Ask. ---
**Author:** ![jma](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/jma/32/303_2.png) [@jma](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jma)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/6 "2018-07-24T18:16:45Z")
Research Computing Answers - RCA ---
**Author:** ![biosas](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@biosas](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/biosas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/10 "2018-07-25T00:50:41Z")
slight variation… RCANS or possibly RCAN. ---
**Author:** ![ncolella](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/ncolella/32/48_2.png) [@ncolella](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ncolella)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/11 "2018-07-25T01:02:37Z")
Research Computing Answer Network (RCAN)? ---
**Author:** ![Chrisreidy](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/chrisreidy/32/538_2.png) [@Chrisreidy](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/Chrisreidy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/16 "2018-07-25T17:02:01Z")
How about QARC, pronounced quark? Q and A for Research Computing ---
**Author:** ![wirawan0](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/wirawan0/32/362_2.png) [@wirawan0](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/wirawan0)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/23 "2018-07-26T15:36:51Z")
Why not use QuARC then? ---
**Author:** ![eshaw](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@eshaw](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/eshaw)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/38 "2018-07-30T18:03:24Z")
Or ‘Questions for Advanced Research Computing’, (QAARC, if you include ‘Answers’) pronounced like ‘CaRCC’ (which might be as confusing as…)! ---
**Author:** ![jacks9](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/jacks9/32/9_2.png) [@jacks9](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jacks9)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/43 "2018-07-30T21:12:29Z")
That’s why I skipped QARC - sounded too much like CaRCC. And there are handful of Google hits. ---
**Author:** ![tanthony](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/tanthony/32/60_2.png) [@tanthony](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/tanthony)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/9 "2018-07-24T20:33:40Z")
ARC – Ask Research Computing, Answers in Research Computing, Answers for Research Computing ---
**Author:** ![ncolella](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/ncolella/32/48_2.png) [@ncolella](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ncolella)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/12 "2018-07-25T01:04:07Z")
I like this, the only problem is google: [https://www.google.com/search?q=arc+research+computing](https://www.google.com/search?q=arc+research+computing) ---
**Author:** ![raminder](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@raminder](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/raminder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/13 "2018-07-25T15:16:46Z")
How about AskRC? ---
**Author:** ![raminder](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@raminder](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/raminder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/14 "2018-07-25T15:17:08Z")
How about AskRC? ---
**Author:** ![tanthony](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/tanthony/32/60_2.png) [@tanthony](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/tanthony)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/15 "2018-07-25T15:44:26Z")
AskRC is pretty good as well… ---
**Author:** ![jtgoodhue](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@jtgoodhue](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jtgoodhue)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308/24 "2018-07-26T19:18:53Z")
QARC (or QuARC), proposed by @Chrisreidy solves conflict that @nicolella pointed out, and and is kind of catchy too. So does/is QueRC. [Previous page](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308.md?page=1) [Next page](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/whats-in-a-name/308.md?page=3)