I nomi in codice a volte servono per garantire segretezza, ma nell’ambiente IT vengono utilizzati per identificare una particolare versione del software durante il suo sviluppo senza generare confusioni.

La fantasia nella ricerca dei nomi più curiosi o pittoreschi si spreca e così vi proponiamo alcune “serie” piuttosto famose. Oltre a queste si può assistere a nomi presi da ambiti piuttosto vari come per esempio i più classici: divinità (varie), vini, personaggi di libri, toponimi, pornostar, costellazioni e molto altro.

Mozilla:

• Phoenix – Firefox 1.0
• Deer Park – Firefox 1.5
• Bon Echo – Firefox 2
• Gran Paradiso – Firefox 3
• Shiretoko – Firefox 3.5
• Namoroka – Firefox 3.6

Canonical

• Warty Warthog – Ubuntu 4.10
• Hoary Hedgehog – Ubuntu 5.04
• Breezy Badger – Ubuntu 5.10
• Dapper Drake – Ubuntu 6.06
• Edgy Eft – Ubuntu 6.10
• Feisty Fawn – Ubuntu 7.04
• Gutsy Gibbon – Ubuntu 7.10
• Hardy Heron – Ubuntu 8.04
• Intrepid Ibex – Ubuntu 8.10
• Jaunty Jackalope – Ubuntu 9.04
• Karmic Koala – Ubuntu 9.10
• Lucid Lynx – Ubuntu 10.04
• Maverick Meerkat – Ubuntu 10.10

Automattic

• Mingus – WordPress 1.2
• Strayhorn – WordPress 1.5
• Duke – WordPress 2.0
• Ella – WordPress 2.1
• Getz – WordPress 2.2
• Dexter – WordPress 2.3
• Brecker – WordPress 2.5
• Tyner – WordPress 2.6
• Coltrane – WordPress 2.7
• Baker – WordPress 2.8
• Carmen – WordPress 2.9

Google

• Cupcake – Android 1.5
• Donut – Android 1.6
• Eclair – Android 2.0/2.1
• FroYo – Android 2.2
• Gingerbread – The update after FroYo

Fedora

• Yarrow – Fedora Core 1
• Tettnang – Fedora Core 2
• Heidelberg – Fedora Core 3
• Stentz – Fedora Core 4
• Bordeaux – Fedora Core 5
• Zod – Fedora Core 6
• Moonshine – Fedora 7
• Werewolf – Fedora 8
• Sulphur – Fedora 9
• Cambridge – Fedora 10
• Leonidas – Fedora 11
• Constantine – Fedora 12
• Goddard – Fedora 13

Red Hat Linux

• Mother’s Day – RHL 1.0
• Picasso – RHL 3.0.3
• Colgate – RHL 4.0
• Vanderbilt – RHL 4.1
• Biltmore – RHL 4.2
• Thunderbird – RHL 4.8
• Mustang – RHL 4.9
• Hurricane – RHL 5.0
• Manhattan – RHL 5.1
• Apollo – RHL 5.2
• Starbuck – RHL 5.9
• Hedwig – RHL 6.0
• Cartman – RHL 6.1
• Piglet – RHL 6.1.92
• Zoot – RHL 6.2
• Guinnes – RHL 7.0
• Seawolf – RHL 7.1
• Enigma – RHL 7.2
• Valhalla – RHL 7.3
• Psyche – RHL 8.0

Debian

• Buzz – Debian 1.1
• Rex – Debian 1.2
• Bo – Debian 1.3
• Hamm – Debian 2.0
• Slink – Debian 2.1
• Potato – Debian 2.2
• Woody – Debian 3.0
• Sarge – Debian 3.1
• Etch – Debian 4.0
• Lenny – Debian 5.0
• Squeeze – Debian 6.0

Microsoft

• Janus – Windows 3.1
• Snowball – Windows for Workgroups 3.11
• Chicago – Windows 95
• O’Hare – First version of Internet Explorer
• Memphis – Windows 98
• Daytona – Windows NT 3.5
• Cairo – Windows NT 4.0
• Whistler – Windows XP
• Longhorn – Windows Vista
• Vienna – Windows 7

Adobe

• Fast Eddy – Photoshop 2.0
• Tiger Mountain – Photoshop 3.0
• Big Electric Cat – Photoshop 4.0
• Strange Cargo – Photoshop 5.0
• Venus in Furs – Photoshop 6.0
• Liquid Sky – Photoshop 7.0
• Dark Matter – Photoshop CS
• Space Monkey – Photoshop CS2
• Red Pill – Photoshop CS3
• Stonehenge – Photoshop CS4
• White Rabbit – Photoshop CS5

Apple

• Harmony – Mac OS 7.6
• Tempo – Mac OS 8.0
• Bride of Buster – Mac OS 8.1
• Allegro – Mac OS 8.5
• Sonata – Mac OS 9
• Fortissimo – Mac OS 9.1
• Moonlight – Mac OS 9.2
• Cheetah – Mac OS X 10.0
• Puma – Mac OS X 10.1
• Jaguar – Mac OS X 10.2
• Panther – Mac OS X 10.3
• Tiger – Mac OS X 10.4
• Leopard – Mac OS X 10.5
• Snow Leopard – Mac OS X 10.6

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