School Initial, room number or location identifier, machine type identifier, machine number

Example of a student computer in a lab.
KHS236XP01

Example of a network printer in a lab.
KHS236NP01

In both of the above examples you can see all the components of the scheme

KHS 236 XP 01
KHS=KayHi, 236=room number, XP=machine type (Windows XP PC), 01=first machine (next would be 02)

I will now list options for the various components.
The first component is building ID; possibilities are as follows (limit to 4 characters):

KHS (Kayhi)
SMS (Schoenbar)
SPED (Special Education) adjusted to contain 4 letters
HTE (Houghtaling)
FME (Fawn Mountain)
PHE (Point Higgins)
RHS (Revilla)
COR (correspondence) *NEW*
KCS (Charter)
TSAS (Tongass) adjusted to contain 4 letters
KRYF (Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility) adjusted to contain 4 letters
COF (Central Office)
CRM (Central Receiving and Maintenance)

The second component is room location; possibilities are as follows (limit to 3 characters):

236 (room number of a lab if there are many)

LIB (Library)

CLA (Computer Lab A)

CLB (Computer Lab B)

GYM

OFF (office area)

CUL (kitchen area)

MCA (Mobile Cart A) *NEW*

MCB (Mobile Cart B) *NEW*

The third component is the machine type identifier.
The identifiers that we have decided on are all 2 character codes and are as follows:

NP (network printer) (in the case of a network printer being color, the following number should be 1c or 2c)

XP (computer installed with Windows XP Pro)

2K (computer installed with Windows 2000 Pro)

AP (wireless Access Point)

ND (networking device, such as a managed switch or router)

EM (Macintosh equipped with a PPC CPU "Pre-Intel")

IM (Intel-Based Macintosh)

LX (Intel Computer with Linux installed)

LM (PPC computer with Linux installed)

AO (All-in-One device, such as a scanner/fax/copy/printer)

WV Windows Vista 

UP (Uninterrupted Power Supply, or battery backup)

XX (network copier/scanner)

NS (network storage , such as a network hard drive)

The last component is the machine's unique number; examples are as follows (limit to 3 characters):

01 (first machine in a large group, is continued to 99) (if teacher station is present first machine will be 02)

01T (first teacher station in the room) (changed to contain 0, teacher Stations are first machine in room)

1A (first aide station in the room) DEPRECIATED use 02T instead

1P (first principal)  DEPRECIATED use 01T instead

1S (first Secretary)  DEPRECIATED use 01T instead

1N (first Nurse) DEPRECIATED use 01T instead

1pp (para)  DEPRECIATED use 01T instead

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I think this about covers the scheme for assigning names.

Keep in mind this is for general use situations.

If you have a truly unique computer that will only EVER be used by one job position it can be named after the position of the person.

Examples of Unique Computer names with no chance of repeat are as follows:
SUPERINTENDANT (only one of these guys)
SUPASSISTANT   (most likely only one here too)
KCSPRINCIPAL   (only one principal per school)
SMSLIBRARIAN
SMSLIBPARA
MAINTSECRETARY
BIZMANAGER
NETADMIN
HRPLANNER

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