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486 - The average IQ needed to understand a PC.

State-of-the-art - Any computer you can't afford.

Obsolete - Any computer you own.

Microsecond - The time it takes for your state-of-the-art computer to become obsolete.

Syntax Error - Walking into a computer store and saying, "Hi, I want to buy a computer and money is no object."

Hard Drive - The sales technique employed by computer salesmen, esp. after a Syntax Error.

Keyboard - The standard way to generate computer errors.

Mouse - An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate.

Floppy - The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer.

Portable Computer - A device invented to force businessmen to work at home, on vacation, and on business trips.

Disk Crash - A typical computer response to any critical deadline.

Power User - Anyone who can format a disk from DOS.

System Update - A quick method of crashing ALL of your software.

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  1. Roger MackSeptember 29, 2012

    This is quite funny, such types of jokes we used to generally pass on to our friends in college times. In a way sometimes this means correct too.

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  2. MathiasJanuary 16, 2019

    This slang is funny!

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  3. AshleyJune 07, 2019

    This is still funny.

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  4. DianaNovember 15, 2019

    It's still funny, though.

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  5. Joseph HughesJanuary 23, 2020

    It's a useful slang for web development, thanks.

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  6. AllieJanuary 23, 2020

    Thanks, Krishna

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  7. Helen StoneMarch 16, 2020

    Hah! This sounds great!

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  8. interestingthoughtsMay 06, 2020

    In my opinion an excellent business application is where you can earn maximum money with a minimum of investments and you can find such an application here trading bot.

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  9. UnknownMay 31, 2020

    hig;ou;o

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  10. UnknownMay 31, 2020

    As a developer of the best Warehouse management software, I come across every day and use computer slang. Slang vocabulary differs from professional terminology of programmers by its emotional coloring and some blurry meanings of words that are not characteristic of terms. As a rule, slang acts as stylistic synonyms of professional terms.

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  11. HarrisAugust 03, 2020

    Thanks! Here's some more tips for a QA check list

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