Aussie Slang for the IT World

The Real Meaning of New Word’s

LOG ON:                                        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.
WINDOW:                                    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 bar 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 & forks you get at Red Rooster.
HARDWARE:                              Stainless steel knives & forks – from K-Mart.
MOUSE:                                        The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed.
MAINFRAME:                           What hold’s the shed up.

WEB:                                              What spiders make.

WEBSITE:                                    Usually in the shed or under the verandah.

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’s 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.
OFFLINE:                                    Where the washing end’s up when the pegs aren’t strong enough.
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