MyLaffs Joke #2130
More Computer Definitions:
Fixed Word Length - Four letter word used by programmers in a state of confusion.
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Hardware - Nuts, bolts, and circuit boards "left over" after the repairman has reassembled the CPU.
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I/O Device - Note you sign for the bank in/order to get loan for new (old) car.
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Library - An organized collection of obsolete material.
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Low Order Position - The programmer's location in the chain of command.
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Mainframe - Primary person who just got set up for the blame of the system crash.
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Microsecond - Amount of time needed for a program to bomb.
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Nanosecond - Measure of time on
Mork's planet Ork.
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Off-Line - Uncharitable remarks programmer makes to wife or husband upon being phoned at
9 p.m. to come in because system just crashed.
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On-Line - Programmer trying to deal rationally on phone with management at
9 p.m.
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Peripheral - Now you see it, now you don't...
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Printout - A document to verify data you know is wrong anyway.
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Programmer - Red eyed mumbling mammal, capable of communicating with inanimate objects.
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Source file - One which was "appropriated" from one of the competitors.
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Switch - When management changes its mind.
