{"id":1300,"date":"2011-07-07T05:46:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-07T05:46:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T05:46:08","slug":"tech-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jokeslab.com\/jokes\/1300\/computer-jokes\/tech-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>486:<\/strong> The average IQ needed to understand a PC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State-of-the-art:<\/strong> Any computer you can&#8217;t afford.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obsolete:<\/strong> Any computer you own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsecond: <\/strong>The time it takes for your state-of-the-art computer to become obsolete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>G3:<\/strong> Apple&#8217;s new Macs that make you say &#8216;Gee, three times faster than the computer I bought for the same price a Microsecond ago.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syntax Error:<\/strong> Walking into a computer store and saying, &#8220;Hi, I want to buy a computer and money is no object.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hard Drive: <\/strong>The sales technique employed by computer salesmen, esp. after a Syntax Error.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUI:<\/strong> What your computer becomes after spilling your coffee on it. (pronounced &#8216;gooey&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keyboard:<\/strong> The standard way to generate computer errors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mouse:<\/strong> An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Floppy:<\/strong> The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Portable Computer:<\/strong> A device invented to force businessmen to work at home, on vacation, and on business trips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disk Crash: <\/strong>A typical computer response to any critical deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power User: <\/strong>Anyone who can format a disk from DOS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>System Update: <\/strong>A quick method of trashing ALL of your software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/jokeslab.com\/jokes\/1300\/computer-jokes\/tech-glossary\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>486: The average IQ needed to understand a PC. 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