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10th August 2010, 01:34 PM
#11
Rural Australian Computer Terminology
A little bit of Aussie
Kulcha.....
LOG ON: Adding wood to make the Barbie hotter
LOG OFF: Not adding any 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 home without any cold tinnies
KEYBOARD: Where you hang the Ute keys
WINDOWS: What you shut when the weather's cold
SCREEN: What you shut in the mozzie season
BYTE: What mozzies do
MEGABYTE: What Townsville mozzies do
CHIP: Bar snack
MICROCHIP: What's left in the bag after you've eaten the chips
MODEM: What you did to the lawns
LAPTOP: Where the cat sleeps
SOFTWARE: Plastic knives & forks you get at Red Rooster
HARDWARE: Stainless steel knives & forks - from K-Mart
MOUSE: The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed
MAINFRAME: What holds the shed up
WEB: What spiders make
WEBSITE: Usually in the shed or under the veranda
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 go
UPGRADE: A steep hill
SERVER: The person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch
MAIL SERVER: The bloke at the pub who brings out the counter lunch
USER: The neighbour who keeps borrowing things
NETWORK: What you do when you need to repair the fishing net
INTERNET: Where you want the fish to go
NETSCAPE: What the fish do when they discover the hole in the net
ONLINE: Where you hang the washing
OFFLINE: Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong enough
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