There are random computing references stuffed into Discworld too. Granny Weatherwax lives around a mountain range called the Ramtops, after RAMTOP on the ZX Sp

There are random computing references stuffed into Discworld too. Granny Weatherwax lives around a mountain range called the Ramtops, after RAMTOP on the ZX Spectrum. The Clacks optical telegraph network can contain routing instructions in its messages, and its operators basically have a hacker culture. They also have a group called "the smoking GNU," with GNU being a set of instructions for the message routing. The wizards have a computer named Hex, which is powered by ants that move data around, so it has a label that says "Anthill Inside."