Humor - Glossary of Technical Terms
486
The average IQ needed to understand a P.C.
Computer Chip
Any starchy food stuff consumed in mass quantities while programming.
Disk Crash
A typical computer response to any critical deadline.
Floppy
The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer.
GUI (pronounced "gooey")
What your computer becomes after spilling your coffee on it.
Hard Drive
The sales technique employed by most computer salesmen.
Keyboard
The standard way to generate computer errors.
Laptop Computer
A device invented to force us to work at home, on vacation and on business trips.
Microsecond
The time it takes for your State-of-the-art computer to become obsolete.
Mouse
An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate.
Obsolete
Any computer you own.
Portable Computer
See Laptop Computer
Power User
Anyone who can format a disk from DOS.
State-of-the-art
Any computer you can't afford.
Syntax Error
Hello, I want to buy a computer and money is no object.
System Update
A quick method of trashing ALL of your current software.
Last Modified: Sunday, November 30, 2003 10:29.
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