In our efforts to keep you current on everything, we are providing you with more terms to add to your computer glossary. Analog - Hours d'oeuvre, usually made with cheese and covered with crushed nuts. Served at staff parties. Apple - Typically, a device used to seduce men. Usually equipped with display screens and/or worms. Bar Chart - A list of places to go when it's Miller Time. Binary - Possessing ability to have friends of both sexes. Bit - Similar to a nibble. Commonly eight nibbles to a mouthful. See Byte. BPI - A 1960's term used to describe unmentionable parts of the anatomy, as in "You bet your bpi". Bubble Memory - A derogatory term, usually referring to a person's intelligence. Bug - Small living things that small boys throw on small living girls. Byte - A mouthful, as in "How many bytes in a Big Mac?". Carriage Return - When they come to repossess you horse and buggy. CPU - A juvenile way of telling the dog he missed the paper. Character Density - The number of very weird people in the office. Chip - Any number of small crunchy objects often served with onion dip. Code - Virus lasting about three to five days, accompanied by sore throat, runny nose and fever. Command - Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control. Compile - A heap of decomposing vegetable matter. Conversational Mode - Describes the typical office the day after a major sporting event. CRT - A device which causes eye strain. See Monitor. Cursor - An expert in four-letter words. Debug - The act of placing shoe leather against a small creeping creature. Disk - The thing in your back that gives out when you try to lift the computer. Downtime - Coffee breaks, lunch, or Friday in the office. Dump - The EPA's answer to health. Hardware - It's never the hardware. See Software. K - The eleventh letter of the alphabet. Keyboard - When the secretary's tired of typing. Megahertz - A very large rental car. Monitor - A device that causes eye strain. - See CRT. Network - The occupation of a fisherman. On Line - A statement shouted at tennis judges in response to serves being called out. Program - What commercials try to do to us. RAM - A male sheep. ROM - A RAM after a delicate operation. Semi Conductor - A person hired to lead an orchestra before he has graduated from director's school. Software - It's never the software. See Hardware. Terminal - What most people have to be before consenting to see a doctor. |