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"Speak the Lingo"

Here is a quick test to see if your computer lingo is up to scratch.

Can you understand all the jargon(taken from a 1995 advert):

"Yesterday I bought a PC with 486 DX 25 MHz performance, 8 Kb cache and integral co-peocessor up to 20 Mb RAM, 85 Mb HD, PCMIA connectivity and fast LBVG, enhanced parallel, VGA, Flexconnect Interfaves and an NiMH Battery."

If so I both respect and despise you.

WHOOOOOOSH!

Straight over my head! :)

I think I understand it.
It dosn't matter if you can or can't, these are the kind of things you can look up in a book or on the web if you need or would like to know more about them.

Shocktrooper wrote:
> You might as well of been talking in Russian.

So, in other words, you haven't the faintest idea what I was on about just then. That's BLOOMIN' great. It took me ages to type all that.

You might as well of been talking in Russian.

8 kb cache means the computer has memory to store 8 kb worth of web pages, so that you can use the <- Back button and sychronise pages.

NiMH Battery is something I don't know about, but I reckon it means the P.C is portable and takes that type of battery, if that type of battery exists.

Bewarethetoadsoffate wrote:
> enhanced parallel,

enhanced parallel .....? What? :)

I understand the PC, Ram and HD parts but that's it. Ask Reaper, he probably built the bloody thing! :-D

Nah can't understand a word of it.

Whoops.

I don't know what a co-peocessor is, does it have scales and sharp pointy teeth?