Minnesota Computer Terms
Log on: Making the wood stove hotter
Log off: Don't add wood
Monitor: Keep an eye on the woodstove
Download: Getting the firewood off the pickup
Megahertz: What happens when you drop a log on your toe while downloading
Floppy Disk: What you get from piling too much wood
RAM: The hydraulic thingy that makes the wood splitter work
Hard Drive: Getting home in a snowstorm
Prompt: What you wish the mail was in a snowstorm
Windows: What you close when it's 30 below
Screen: What you need for the mosquito season
Byte: What the mosquitoes will do to you if you don't have a screen
Micro Chip: What's left in the bottom of the bag
Infrared: Where the leftovers go when Fred's around
Modem: What you do to the hayfields
Dot Matrix: Farmer Matrix's daughter
Lap Top: Where little kids feel comfy
Keyboard: Where you hang up your keys
Software: Plastic eating utensils
Mouse: What eats the grain in the barn
Main Frame: The part of the barn that holds the frame up
Port: Fancy wine tried once by Farmer Matrix
Enter: C'mon in
Random Access Memory: You can't remember how much that new rifle cost when your wife asks
SUBMITTED BY RANDY R. MCGUIRE
E-MAIL: mcguirer@SLU.EDU
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