Computer Technology explained - Aussie Style

[Nan]

The following was in the local newsletter from our High School this week, I thought it was fun and decided to share:

Log on: Adding wood to make the barbie (bbq) 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 (pickup vehicle)

Hard Drive: Making the trip back home without any cold tinnies (beers)

Keyboard: Where you hang the ute keys

Window: What you shut when the weather's cold

Screen: What you shut in the mozzie (mosquito) season

Byte: What mozzies do

Megabyte: What a mozzie from the coast does

Chip: A bar snack (potato crisp)

Microchip: What's left in the bag after you've eaten all the chips

Modem: What you did to the lawns

Laptop: Where the cat sleeps

Software: Plastic knives and forks you get with takeaways

Hardware: Stainless steel knives and forks - from KMart

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 patio

Search Engine: What you do 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 meal

Mail Server: The bloke (man) at the pub who brings out the meal

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 (laundry)

Offline: Where the washing ends up when the clothes pegs aren't strong enough

[Stormy]

Good one Nan

[Koach]

lol Nan,

 

I take it you have some serious mozzies there?

 

[Nan]

Koach yes, we even have a grass airstrip across the road for them to land safely