that's not science, it's semantics.
screen (skrn)n.7.a. Electronics The phosphorescent surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.b. Computer Science The information or image displayed at a given time on such a computer monitor.
"?..But the best one I once had from an IT bod: "Can you take a dump and send it over"
I inboxed you.
I'm afraid me & WJ junior take responsibility for calling PCMCIA cards, "Pick & Mix" cards.
Half term's when the traffic becomes mysteriously less bad for a week.
Quote from: Wobbly John on 04 November, 2012, 09:17:44 pmI'm afraid me & WJ junior take responsibility for calling PCMCIA cards, "Pick & Mix" cards. Anyway, one that gets me is when people say "Hard Drive" when referring to the system case.
"floppies" - the 90mm variety that were anything but
Kim, you are very bad!
The internet is broken.
Quote from: Pickled Onion on 04 November, 2012, 09:43:03 pm"floppies" - the 90mm variety that were anything butYes they were. They just came in a hard case.
Quote from: MattH on 05 November, 2012, 03:43:08 pmQuote from: Wobbly John on 04 November, 2012, 09:17:44 pmI'm afraid me & WJ junior take responsibility for calling PCMCIA cards, "Pick & Mix" cards. Anyway, one that gets me is when people say "Hard Drive" when referring to the system case.Yes, that, in spades. Those same people seem to think the monitor is "the computer" and the enormous box of tricks is the "Hard drive" They then go on to say their Microsoft isn't working...
Quote from: David Martin on 04 November, 2012, 10:44:29 pmThe internet is broken.Problem with things like that is they start to get used ironically by those in the know. This is amusing, but I'm sure it perpetuates the sloppiness.
They then go on to say their Microsoft isn't working...