From: Bill Lacewell
Subject:JOKE-CLEAN: Telecommunications Dictionary
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:21:07 -0500
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DICTIONARY
- Modem
- What landscapers do to dem lawns.
- Token Ring
- A virtual engagement gift.
- Ethernet
- A device for catching the Ether Bunny.
- DataPac
- A size 14 girl in a size 8 bikini.
- Asynch
- A place to wash your hands.
- Bysnch
- The place where Elton John washes his hands.
- BBS
- Tall tales told by insects that produce honey.
- ASCII
- The ancient god of telecommunications. Rumored to
give vast amounts of data to believers. Hence, the
phrase "ASCII and you shall receive."
- Block Parity
- One heck of a good time.
- Carrier Detect
- Raison d'etre for premarital blood tests.
- File Transfer
- Procedure followed by INFORMATION CENTER staff
who are tired of their present jobs.
- Hayes Compatible
- Prone to riding with a grizzled old cowhand who
sings off-key. Gene Autry is the industry standard.
- Serial Interface
- A spoon.
- Terminal Emulation
- A function performed by a canary that lays on its
back with its legs in the air.
- X-Modem
- A device on the losing end of an encounter with lightning.
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