Computer Terms Illustrated

Haven't done this for a while. Honest, these are all genuine computer terms.

API

Enterprise Architecture

Micro

Polling

Proxy(sp?) Server

Spoofing

Escape Characters

Pipe

Tar

There's also Shell, of course. Think I'll save that for later.

Computer Terms Illustrated

Seems I've still got a few of these to write up. Honestly, dozens. Maybe I could do one of these a day for a month?

HTTP Error 502 - Bad Gateway

Connected to host

DM

Static Ram

Garbage Collection

Authoring Tools

Memory Leak

MIME

Crop

Tweetie

Computer Terms Illustrated #31

I would ask if anyone still reads this crap, but my hit counter just passed 50,000 so I'll take that as a yes. You sad, lonely people. No, not you, you're great. The rest of them. Losers.

Header

In stall

Profile

Format

Denial of Service

ShortcutHot Fuzz (click for clip)

Sin Tax Error

Thin Client

Thrashing

End now?

Trailer

Still to come - Bobby Tables, Bullean Algebra, Bigendian, Cloud Computing...

Computer Terms Illustrated #30 - Updated

I should really put some proper posts in between these, but I rather like this set, which just came to me today. See if you can guess the theme.

Benedict Allen

The Tempest

Your brain's so minute, Baldrick, that if a hungry cannibal cracked your head open, there wouldn't be enough to cover a small water biscuit.

You fat bastard!

Nice Dish

Delivery for Mr Griffin

Groundhog Day

What's the matter, Watson? Never seen a man in a skirt before?

FFS Don't get it wet!

Don't laugh or he'll kill you. Seriously.

Learn the words!

Albatross

London Newspaper

Where The Prisoner was kept, er, prisoner

Updated: Ok, so I've put titles on. Does that help?

Computer Terms Illustrated #29

A few to keep the Java coders API...

Superclass

Red Hat

Phantom Reference

Ancestor Listener

Transformation

Tree Viewer

Record Store

Log Handler

Sock Puppet

ClippyIt looks like you're travelling via public transport - would you like some help with that?