

"Newfoundland Computer Terms"
LOG ON: Make the wood stove hotter.
LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood.
MONITOR: Keep an eye on that wood stove.
DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the truck.
FLOPPY DISK: What you get from trying to carry too much firewood.
RAM: The thing that splits the firewood.
HARD DRIVE: Getting home in the winter.
PROMPT: What the mail ain't in the winter.
WINDOW: What to shut when it's cold outside.
SCREEN: What to shut in black fly season.
BYTE: What the black flies do.
BIT: What the black flies did.
MEGA BYTE: What the BIG black flies do.
CHIP: Munchies for TV.
MICRO CHIP: What's left in the bag after you eat the chips.
MODEM: What you did to the hay fields.
DOT MATRIX: Old Dan Matrix's wife.
LAP TOP: Where the kitty sleeps.
SOFTWARE: The dumb plastic knives and forks they give you at McDonalds.
HARDWARE: The real stainless steel cutlery.
MOUSE: What eats grain in the barn.
MAIN FRAME: What holds the barn up.
ENTER: City talk for - "Come on in, eh?"
WEB: What a spider makes.
WEB SITE: The barn or the attic.
CURSOR: Someone who swears.
SEARCH ENGINE: What you do when the car dies.
SCREEN SAVER: A repair kit for the torn window screen.
HOME PAGE: A map you keep in your back pocket just in case you get lost in the field.
UPGRADE: Steep hill.
SERVER: The person at the Irving restaurant that brings the food.
MAIL SERVER: The guy at the Irving that brings the food.
MSDOS: Some new disease they discovered.
SOUND CARD: On of them technological birthday cards that plays music when you open it.
USER: The neighbor who keeps borrowing stuff.
BROWSER: What they call you when your eye brows grow together.
NETWORK: When you have to repair your fishing net.
INTERNET: Complicated fish net repair method.
NETSCAPE: When a fish maneuvers out of reach.
ONLINE: When you get the laundry hung out on the washline.
OFFLINE: When the clothes pins let go and the laundry falls
on the ground.

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