Taken from another newsgroup .----------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Mae & Brent Tamatea To: Austin_Counties_Cars snipped-for-privacy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:35 PM Subject: [Austin_Counties_Cars_News] Computer terminology for the everyday bloke. off topic
I had a good laugh reading this thought others might appreciate brentnz
LOG ON: Adding wood to make the Barbie hotter.
LOG OFF: Not adding more wood to the Barbie
MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the Barbie.
DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the ute.
HARD DRIVE: Making the trip back without a cold tinnie
KEYBOARD: Where you hang the ute keys.
WINDOW: What you shut when the weathers cold.
SCREEN: What you shut in the Mozzie season.
BYTE: What Mozzies do.
MEGABYTE: What bloody great big Mozzies do.
CHIP: A bar snack.
MICROCHIP: Whats in the bag after you've eaten the chips
MODEM: What you did to the lawns.
LAPTOP: Where the cat sleeps and.
SOFTWARE: Plastic knives and forks you get at take aways.
HARDWARE: Stainless knives, forks you get from Briscoe's.
MOUSE: The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed.
MAINFRAME: What holds the bloody shed up.
WEB: What spiders make in the shed
WEBSITE: Usually in the shed near the rafters.
SEARCH ENGINE: What you do when the ute won't go
CURSOR: What you say when the ute won't go
YAHOO: What you say when the Ute does bloody go
UPGRADE: A steep hill.
SERVER: The person at the pub who brings out the
counter lunch.
USER: The bloody neighbour who keeps borrowing.
OFFLINE: Where the washing ends up when the pegs
aren't bloody strong enough
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Mike.H.
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