Posted By: Zaba (I'd rather be skiing!) on 'Humor'
Title:     some computer terminology
Date:      Fri Feb 25 02:56:07 2000

Computer Terminology for the Layman
 
Apple.....................................Gravity Fruit
Barcode..........................Rules at the local pub
Baud..............................Beach crowd obsession
Boot Up.........................Dress for snowy weather
Bug......................................Old Volkswagen
Bus............................Cheaper than an airplane
Byte...............What the dog did to the mail carrier
Cache...............................No checks accepted
Chip.................A type of chocolate used in baking
Computer Terminal......................Call a mortician
Crash..........................Attend a party uninvited
Diskette....................................Brief disco
FAX..................What a criminal investigator wants
Garbage In/Garbage Out...A day at the sanitary landfill
Hacker..................................Cough drop user
Hard Copy.............................Tabloid TV. show
IBM................................In Between Marriages
Mac.......................Everyone's favorite fast food
Megahertz......................Take Tylenol and codeine
Modem........................Why the lawns look so good
Mouse pad.....................................Disneyland
Novell........................International peace prize
On-line...................................Sobriety test
Optic Fiber.............Vision improving food with bulk
PC..................................Politically Correct
Programmer...................English teacher's attitude
Remote...............Change the watch around the castle
ROM....................................Capital of Italy
Serial Port..............................Breakfast wine
Silicon Valley...........Where breast implants are made
Superconductor...........Railroad employee of the month
Computer Acronyms

PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
ISDN - It Still Does Nothing
APPLE - Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
SCSI - System Can't See It
DOS - Defunct Operating System
BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
IBM - I Blame Microsoft
DEC - Do Expect Cuts
CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too.
WWW - World Wide Wait
MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs

Zaba

P.S.: Put some excitment between your legs - ride a mountain bike!

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