How Terms Have Changed over Time

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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