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Rural Australian Computer Terminology
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 eats the grain in the shed.
·MAINFRAME: What holds 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 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.
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 eats the grain in the shed.
·MAINFRAME: What holds 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 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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