Computer Terminology
BIT: A word used to describe computers, as in "My computer cost quite a bit."
BOOT: What your friends want to give you because you spend so much time bragging about your computer.
BUG: What your eyes do after you've been staring at the computer screen for ore than five hours.
CHIPS: The fattening food computer user eat, to avoid leaving their keyboards even for meals.
COPY: What your son has to do at school because he spends more time at the computer than studying.
CURSOR: What you turn into when your computer goes haywire, as in "You ~#~a/o&4% computer!"
DISK: What goes out in your back after bending over a computer keyboard for five hours at a stretch.
DUMP: Where all your former hobbies wind up after you install your computer.
ERROR: What you made the first time you walked into a computer showroom to "just look."
EXPANSION UNIT: The new room you built on to your home for your computer and all its peripherals.
FILE: What your secretary does to her nails all day long, now that the computer does her work.
FLOPPY: The condition of a computer user's stomach due to lack of exercise and a steady diet of junk food.
HARDWARE: Tools, lawnmowers and rakes you haven't laid a finger on, since getting your computer.
IBM: The missile your family members would like to drop on your computer to have your attention again.
MENU: What you wont see again after buying a computer because you'll be too poor to eat in a restaurant.
PROGRAMS: What you read to see what was on your television before you got hooked on computers.
RAM: What you instinctively do to the side of your computer when it's not doing what it should.
RETURN: What lots of people do with their computers after only a week and a half.
WINDOW: What you heave your computer out of.
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“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.”
Winnie the Pooh
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