Glossary of PC terms
It says: "Press Any Key"
It means: "Press any key you like but I'm not moving."
It says: "Press A Key"
(This one's a programmers joke. Nothing happens unless you press the "A" key.)
It says: "Fatal Error. Please contact technical support quoting error no. 1A4-2546512430E"
It means: "... where you will be kept on hold for 10 minutes, only to be told that it's a hardware problem."
It says: "Installing program to C:\ It says: "Please insert disk 11"
It says: "Cannot read from drive D:...."
It says: "Please Wait...."
It says: "Directory does not exist...."
It says: "The application caused an error. Choose Ignore or Close."
It means: "... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:\windows and c:\windows\system where you'll NEVER find them."
It means: "Because I know darn well there are only 10 disks."
It means: "... However, if you put the CD in right side up..."
It means: "... Indefinitely."
It means: ".... any more. Whoops."
It means: "....Makes no difference to me, you're still not getting your work back."
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