Computer Industry Acronyms
PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PENTIUM - Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding of
Mathematics
WWW - World Wide Wait
COBOL - Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
CD-ROM - Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete in Months
OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too.
MIPS - Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
WINDOWS - Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
Teenagers
LISP - Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis
RISC - Reduced Into Silly Code
SCSI - System Can't See It
DOS - Defective Operating System
BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
IBM - I Blame Microsoft
DEC - Do Expect Cuts
PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PENTIUM - Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding of
Mathematics
WWW - World Wide Wait
COBOL - Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
CD-ROM - Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete in Months
OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too.
MIPS - Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
WINDOWS - Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
Teenagers
LISP - Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis
RISC - Reduced Into Silly Code
SCSI - System Can't See It
DOS - Defective Operating System
BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
IBM - I Blame Microsoft
DEC - Do Expect Cuts
Related:
- USComputer Lexicon
By Cornelius Unicorn
Beginner:
A person who believes more than one-sixteenth of a... - YOU KNOW YOU NEED AN UPGRADE...
when Microsoft tech support picks up the phone before
Windows 95 finishes booting
when you call tech support and they say your version of software
has been obsolete for 5 years
when that bright idea you had of pounding a 3-1/4" disk thin so
it'll fit in the 5-1/4" slot didn't quite work
when the bad blocks on your disk outnumber the good ones
if your PC is big enough to use as an end table
if it's so old that you can't even find a nonprofit organization
that will take it as a donation
when you can no longer find those special metallic cassette tapes
when everyone's raving about hooking their computers up to the
television and you'd never used any other kind of monitor
hey,
I'm NOT upgrading my VIC 20, OK?!!! when your... - COMPUTERWORLD 1 April
CREATORS ADMIT UNIX, C HOAX
In an announcement that has stunned the computer industry,
Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan... - Computer Dictionary
386: No, 486: Oops, Pentium: The only chip to consider if you're thinking of
buying a PC.
Until Intel ramps up the 686. 640K: The salary the... - Congratulations on your purchase of a CAT Unit!
This model contains the following features:
* User Friendly * Mouse Driven * Self Cleaning * Energy... - Murphy's Military Laws
1. You are not superman.
2. If it's stupid but works, it isnt stupid. 3... - THE PERSONAL COMPUTER AWARENESS DICTIONARY
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Do you feel confused by the jargon of the personal computer revolution?
Afraid to enter the world of the computer salesmen... - Another Windows '95 joke
Microsoft Windows 95 Stuns World
Redmond,
Wash (AP) - Fans and detractors of the long-awaited... - GOING POSTAL
You've heard the recently coined slang phrase "Going Postal".
Here are some more examples, from the book "Jargon...
