Meanings and terms often change or get adjusted over time, especially with Information Technology. While never walking 5 miles to school in two-feet of snow, I did live during an era of TV’s without remotes and vinyl record players. I tend to include many ‘remember when…’ type stories in my blogs so just chalk (or chuck) this one in the nostalgia pile. A few are a stretch and most still hold their old definition but come along for the ride anyway. :-)
When I was a kid:
- An Appliance was a fridge, oven, toaster, etc.
- You Breached a contract not a network and used a Buffer for shiny car polish.
- A Cloud was in the sky, Cache was money, and C is for Cookie – which is good enough for me.
- A Disk was made by Frisbee.
- An Engineer drove a train.
- A Firewall was an actual physical barrier in a building or vehicle.
- Googol meant the highest number before infinity.
- Bears went into Hibernation
- Inter and Intra described personal relationships.
- Java was coffee.
- Keys opened the house, started the car and got lost.
- Your Local Host was your guide when traveling to foreign places.
- When someone got too close you told them, ‘Get out of My Space.’
- The Networks were ABC, NBC and CBS.
- An OASIS was your own personal paradise, tropical for many.
- You could stand on a Platform, I turned my head for my Profile and Port was a sweet wine.
- QWERTY is still the same.
- RAM was a male sheep & the NFL team from Los Angeles.
- Spam and eggs, Hawaiian style.
- There’s a game called Tag, and you are IT.
- Utility had nothing to do with computing but could be a belt.
- Viral meant a doctor visit.
- Rode a WAV on the North Shore.
- 802.1X flipped is an extension in Idaho or maybe Vermont.
- A Yahoo was a local yokel.
- Finally, Zip up your pants!!
Come on everyone, play along! I’m sure you got your own entries to add.
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