Aussie computer terminology

[Steve]

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.

WINDOW: 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: A 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 eat's the grain in the shed

MAINFRAME: What hold's the shed up.

WEB: What spiders make.

WEBSITE: Usually in the shed or under the verandah.

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 keep's 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 end's up when the pegs aren't strong enough.

[.Simon.]

ohhhhhhhh mike's not gonna be happy!


hehe you find those or make them up steve?

[Steve]

find of course

[Hellfighter]

LMFAO

will i know some going to pick on the British folk's now, on what they think what words mean.

i can see this AUS Vs British its going to be good, I'll bet on the AUS to come out as the winners lol

me i am a yank i going out and have smoke some fag's be back in 5-10min Steve

USA=Cigarette tobacco
U.K=fag tobacco

basic they mean the same thing "smoke me"

same thing only Fag in the USA means anew thing to us in the USA, slangs wording don't you love them lol

[Lakie]

LMAO!

[Lucky]

lol..

[Grenademan]

LOL nice makes me proud to be an Aussie!

[Mstenger404]

lol!

[.::nØ燎ƒµEL::.]

i don't get it, as im italian, the Netscape thing mademe laugh anyway...