Don't know about you lot, but I was a bit confused by all this computer talk, till I found this information on the net. Thought I'd share :wink:



BIT - A word used to describe computers, as in "Our son's computer cost quite a bit."


BOOT - What your friends give you because you spend too much time bragging about your computer skills.


BUG - What your eyes do after you stare at the tiny green computer screen for more than 15 minutes. Also: what computer magazine companies do to you after they get your name on their mailing list.


CHIPS - The fattening, non-nutritional food computer users eat to avoid having to leave their keyboards for meals.


COPY - What you're kid has to do during school tests because he/she spends too much time at the computer and not enough time studying.


CURSOR - What you turn into when you can't get your computer to perform, as in "You $#% computer!"


DISK - What goes out in your back after bending over a computer keyboard for seven hours at a clip.


DUMP - The place all your former hobbies wind up soon 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 have to build on to your home to house your computer and all its peripherals.


FILE - What your secretary can now do to her nails six and a half hours a day, now that the computer does her day's work in 30 minutes.


FLOPPY - The condition of a constant computer user's stomach due to lack of exercise and a steady diet of junk food (see Chips).


HARDWARE - Tools, such as lawnmowers, rakes and other heavy equipment you haven't laid a finger on since getting your computer.


IBM - The kind of missile your family members and friends would like to drop on your computer so you'll pay attention to them again.


MENU - What you'll never see again after buying a computer because you'll be too poor to eat in a restaurant.



PROGRAMS - Those things you used to look at on your television before you hooked your computer up to it.


RETURN - What lots of people do with their computers after only a week and a half.


TERMINAL - A place where you can find buses, trains and really good deals on hot computers.


WINDOW - What you heave the computer out of after you accidentally erasing a program that took you three days to set up.




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[ This Message was edited by: Paddy on 2004-01-16 15:11 ]