Programmer joke...

[Mark Ovens]

Remember when...

A computer was something on TV
On a science fiction show of note.
A "window" was something you hated to clean,
And "ram" was the cousin of a goat.

"Meg" was the name of your girlfriend,
And "gig" was a job for the nights.
Now they all mean different things
And that really mega "bytes"!

An "application" was for employment.
A "program" was a TV show.
A "cursor" used profanity.
A "keyboard" was a piano.

"Memory" was something that you lost with age;
A "CD" was a bank account.
And if you had a 3-1/2 inch "floppy,"
You hoped nobody found out!

"Compress" was something you did to the garbage,
Not something you did to a file.
And if you "unzipped" anything in public,
You'd be in jail for a while!

"Log on" was adding wood to the fire;
A "hard drive" was a long trip on the road.
A "mouse pad" was where a mouse lived;
And "backup" happened to your commode.

"Cut" you did with a pocket knife;
"Paste" you did with glue.
A "web" was a spider's home,
And a "virus" was the flu.

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head.
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead!

Regards,

Mark