We checked a few common words in our computer-literate dictionary, and this is what we found.Connectivity – verbal noun: the property of being able to be connected to something else – eg with a piece of string; in computer parlance used to finesse the weakness of a product’s communications.Port – noun: a socket in the […]
We checked a few common words in our computer-literate dictionary, and this is what we found.Connectivity – verbal noun: the property of being able to be connected to something else – eg with a piece of string; in computer parlance used to finesse the weakness of a product’s communications.Port – noun: a socket in the back of a computer, which will require endless fruitless phone calls before the user can wire up anything plugged into it so that it will work; – verb, intransitive: linguistically non-existent although in computer parlance used to fudge over a costly, time-consuming and likely worthless conversion.Solution – noun: a computer system or network that creates a host of new problems while failing to solve any existing ones; derivation chemical – a clear liquid with properties akin to Superglue.
