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Australia Computer Terminology - Getting ready for Broadband in the Bush!!



LOGON: 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: A pub 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 and forks you get at Red Rooster.

HARDWARE: Stainless steel knives and 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 a hole in the net.

ONLINE: Where you hang the washing.

OFFLINE: Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong enough.

Date: 25 Jan 2015 16:34 (UTC)
frith: Grey pegasus with yellow mane on black cloud (FIM Derpy cloud)
From: [personal profile] frith
LOL, an Australia Day well spent, I see. ^_^

Spider monkeys are also quite adept at netscaping too, as I can attest after much network, cursoring and trying to shift just one to an alt home.

Date: 26 Jan 2015 04:21 (UTC)
frith: Light pink cartoon pony with dark pink mane (FIM Pinkie excited)
From: [personal profile] frith
Sweet! I just fired up the microwave oven in preparation of sipping a hot chocolate in front of the space heater. Cheers!

UTE = Teenage User?

Date: 25 Jan 2015 18:34 (UTC)
onyxlynx: The words "Onyx Lynx" arranged so that one y is superimposed over the other. (Yellow background grafix)
From: [personal profile] onyxlynx
Got most of those, grinned evilly at HARDWARE and SOFTWARE, figured that mozzies=mosquitoes (which I hear are the size of hummingbirds , yucch) and that "ute" is some kind of vehicle.

Re: UTE = Teenage User?

Date: 25 Jan 2015 23:06 (UTC)
onyxlynx: The words "Onyx" and "Lynx" with x superimposed (Default)
From: [personal profile] onyxlynx
Hah! Thanks.

Re: UTE = Teenage User?

Date: 26 Jan 2015 04:18 (UTC)
frith: Violet unicorn cartoon pony with a blue mane (FIM Twilight friendly)
From: [personal profile] frith
Ute is short for utility wagon. ^_^

Re: UTE = Teenage User?

Date: 26 Jan 2015 05:29 (UTC)
onyxlynx: The words "Onyx" and "Lynx" with x superimposed (Default)
From: [personal profile] onyxlynx
Thanks.

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