Computer Term Dictionary (funny)

[Havanger]

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COMPUTER TERM DICTIONARY

486: The average IQ needed to understand a PC.

State-of-the-art: Any computer you can't afford.

Obsolete: Any computer you own.

Microsecond: The time it takes for your state-of-the-art computer to
become
obsolete.

G4: Apple's new Macs that make you say, "Gee, it's four times faster than
the computer I bought for the same price a microsecond ago."

Syntax Error: Walking into a computer store and saying, "Hi, I want to
buy
a computer and money is no object."

Hard Drive: The sales technique employed by computer salesmen, especially
after a Syntax Error.

GUI (pronounced "gooey"): What your computer becomes after spilling your
soda on it.

Keyboard: The standard way to generate computer errors.

Mouse: An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to
generate.

Floppy: The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer.

Laptop: A device invented to force businessmen to work at home,
on vacation, and on business trips.

Disk Crash: A typical computer response to any critical deadline.

System Update: A quick method of trashing ALL of your software.

The definition of an Upgrade: Take old bugs out, put new ones in.

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You also forgot

Application : a quick way to install several bugs into your system, and have no way to understand why you did it!

OS : an application which needs several other applications to work.

User : generally speaking, the main source of errors, troubles and laugh.

Encryption : you put your key in a safe place, isn'it ?

Internet : a really cool place where scientists and students can exchange information. Or it used to be.


Jean-Francois