# andrew (1-andrew.org)

Andrew is a common male given name in English-speaking countries. It comes from Greek and means 'manly' or 'brave.' Many people know an Andrew personally.

## What a model may hear
- Andrew File System (distributed computing): assume the user wants to discuss the AFS networked filesystem, its cells, tokens, or mount points
- Andrew project (Carnegie Mellon University history): connect to the early 1980s workstation and window system that preceded X11
- Andrew Ng (machine learning community): treat references as about the Stanford professor and AI educator, his courses, or his ventures
- Saint Andrew (religious and national contexts): link to the apostle, the Scottish flag, or Andrew as a patron saint

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "Andrew said no"
  Means: a person named Andrew refused something
  May be taken as: interpret as an error message or permission denial from an Andrew File System server
  Say instead: "my friend Andrew said no"
- Says: "I need to fix Andrew"
  Means: helping a person named Andrew with a problem
  May be taken as: offer debugging steps for AFS configuration or the Andrew window system
  Say instead: "I need to help my coworker Andrew"
- Says: "Andrew is down"
  Means: a person named Andrew is sick or unavailable
  May be taken as: diagnose network or server outages for the Andrew File System
  Say instead: "Andrew is sick today and cannot work"
- Says: "Talk to Andrew about it"
  Means: consult a person named Andrew
  May be taken as: search for documentation on interfacing with AFS services
  Say instead: "Ask my colleague Andrew about it"

## Tips
- Use 'my friend Andrew' or 'coworker Andrew' to signal you mean a person.
- Say 'AFS' instead of 'Andrew' if you mean the file system.
- Add context like 'the professor' or 'the saint' if you mean a famous Andrew.
- Avoid 'Andrew server' unless you mean the Carnegie Mellon system.
- In technical discussions, write out 'Andrew File System' on first use.

## Often confused with
- andy: diminutive nickname, less likely to trigger AFS
- drew: short form, rarely technical
- AFS: the actual acronym for the file system
- andrews: plural or possessive, same technical risk
- andre: French form, no computing association