Some Techno-Terms You Should Know
- Barney Page
- A Web page that tries to capitalize on a
current craze. Here are some recent Barney page subjects:
- The Lord of the Rings
- Flash Mobs
- Joe Millionaire
- Bit-Spit
- Any form of digital correspondence.
- Byte-Bonding
- When computer users discuss things
that nearby noncomputer users don't understand. Here are the
three stages of byte-bonding that inevitably lead to
geeking out:
- "Say, did you see that IBM ad where the nuns are talking about surfing the Net?"
- "Do you surf the Net?"
- "Let's go surf the Net!"
- Clickstreams
- The paths a person takes as she negotiates various Web pages.
- Cobweb Page
- A Web page that hasn't been updated in a while.
- Geek
- Someone who knows a lot about computers and very little about anything else.
- Geeking Out
- When geeks who are byte-bonding start playing with a computer during a non-computer-related social event.