Telecommunications Dictionary
- Modem
- What landscapers do to dem lawns.
- Token Ring
- A virtual engagement gift.
- Ethernet
- A device for catching the Ether Bunny.
- Asynch
- A place to wash your hands.
- BBS
- Tall Tales told by insects that produce honey.
- ASCII
- 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 Tranfer
- 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.
- XMODEM
- A device on the losing end of a lightning encounter.