Top Tech Terms that are Now Common Expressions
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411
Commonly used for “Information”. Tech’s used it for short hand for same purpose.
16 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
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Multitasking
12 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
3.
Eye Candy
11 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
4.
Hot Spot
10 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
5.
Interface
2 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
6.
Shelfware
2 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
7.
Spammin
2 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
8.
Cookies
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
9.
Defrag
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
10.
Mommy-Save
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
11.
Just In Time (JIT)
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
12.
Rant n Rave
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
13.
Unplugged
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
14.
Yoyo Mode
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
15.
BioBreak
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
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Brain Dump
In techie terms it means to clean the hard drive, but its now used as it sounds. For example: He finished his exam and now he is going to brain dump so he can study for the next exam.
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
17.
Cached Out
One that many of us feel often is tired, or even wiped out.
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
18.
86
Originally it was used in restaurant meaning they were out of something or don’t add something, but it now means being booted out, or to get rid of something.
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
19.
404
In tech terms means an error, but we use it now as in saying “I haven’t a clue”.
0 points - added 15 years ago by arollison -
20.
Opt-Out
-1 point - added 15 years ago by arollison -
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