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!