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- Computer users will be aware of the industry's love of jargon.
- Just like the amateur radio fraternity. The following list of
- definitions is by no means definitive and further suggestions are welcome.
-
- ASCIILanguage developed by a comedian with a warped sense of humour.
- EPCIDIC Archaic version of ASCII.
- HexadecimalMethod of making numbers sixteen times more difficult.
- MegabyteSomthing obtained from an over friendly Rottweiller.
- MegahertzThe feeling encountered when someone treads on your corns.
- Hard driveCrossing the sahara in a C5.
- Floppy driveC5 which has been exposed to excess heat.
- DebuggingProceed with care if doing it to a Rottweiler.
- ResetNeeded when your perm starts wilting.
- R.T.F.M. Read the flipping manual. (Users never do !)
- RS232Secret society formed by communications engineers.
- UNIXAn obscure religion.
- CP/MAn obsolete religion.
- AppleAnother religion.
- IBMI've been moved.
- BackupUnknown.
- FontUsed by vicars during christening.
- CompatibleIncompatible.
- CloneCompatible
- ParallelMeans of printing straight lines.
- SerialEaten at breakfast time.
- MacintoshIncompatible.
- LotusA flower revered by the Chinese.
- 486 A 386 with 100 more mistakes.
- From: G6JNS