From the JOKIN' AROUND DISK by LEEJAN ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley. South Australia. 5159. Incomplete Computer Glossary 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 getting your name on the mailing list. CHIPS: The fattening, non-nutritional food computer users eat to avoid having to leave their computers for meals. COPY: What you have to do during school tests because you spend 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 $#$%c% 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 went into a computer showroom 'just to 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 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 la *--* Qmodem Screen Dump 02/14/90 08:49:38 FILE: What your secretary can 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 ano other heave equipment you haven't laid a finger on since getting your computer. AMIGA: The kind of missile your family would like to drop on you so that you'll pay attention to them again. MENU: What you'll never see again after buying your computer, since you'll be to poor to eat in a restaurant. MONITOR: Often thought to be a word associated with computers, this word actually refers to those obnoxious kids who always want to see you hall pass at school. PROGRAMS: Those things you used to look at on your television screen before you hooked you computer up to it. RAM: What you do the side of you computer when it's not working properly. RETURN: What lot of people do to 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 when you accidentally erase a program that took you three days to set up. From the JOKIN' AROUND DISK by LEEJAN ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley. South Australia. 5159.