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Some funny computer acronyms
PCMCIA - People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms
BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
ISDN - It Still Does Nothing
APPLE - Arrogance Produces Profit Losing Entity
WWW - World Wide Wait
SCSI - System Can't See It
DOS - Defunct Operating System
IBM - I Blame Microsoft
DEC - Do Expect Cuts
CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
Funny Computer Terms
State-of-the-art: Any computer you can't afford
Obsolete: Any computer you own
Syntax Error: Walking into a store and saying,"Hi I want to buy a computer and money is no object"
Hard Drive: Sales technique emloyed by computer salesmen, esp after syntax error
Keyboard: Standard way to generate computer errors
Floppy: The state of your wallet after buying a computer
Laptop: A device to make businessmen work at home, on vacation and on trips
Disk Crash: A typical computer response to any deadline