Life before & after Computers!!

Today, let's just see how our dictionary & visual imagination have evolved with the emergence of technology & computers.

Just a few terminologies with their old meanings before computers & new meanings after computers...

Memory

old: ability of your mind to remember, store, recall anything of the past

new: ability of your computer to store data

Application

old: a written piece of paper to an authority, asking permission for something

new: a software running on your computer

Program

old: a show telecasted over TV or radio

new: coded instructions of your computer

Keyboard

old: a musical instrument - piano

new: input device of your computer

Mouse

old: a cute little furry mammal (animal, in simpler words)

new: a handheld device to move the cursor across your computer screen

Monitor

old: a class representative OR watching or observing someone or something

new: the screen attached to your computer

Web

old: a spider's home

new: interconnected network of internet sites

Virus

old: a type of flu

new: a harmful piece of code that forcefully enters your computer & replicates itself, thus corrupting your data

Log

old: a piece of wood

new: systematic recordings of your computer events

 

Cut

old: a wound made from something sharp OR making slices of something using a cutter or knife

new: delete part of a text or any other thing, usually to move it elsewhere (in your computers, of course)

Paste

old: using glue to stick something OR a squishy mixture

new: moving a text or any thing by cutting it from one place to other (in your computers again)

Copy

old: a notebook

new: similar text or something at various places (yet in your computers)

Key

old: a small piece of metal to unlock a lock

new: an alphabet over your computer keyboard

Zip

old: fastener attached to your bags or clothes etc.

new: a compressed file

Window

old: a square (or rectangle) made in the wall of a house to look outside

new: an operating system

RAM

old: kind of a goat

new: computer memory

Enter

old: pass through a door

new: a key on your keyboard to submit or move to next line

Shift

old: move a little from your current position

new: a key on your keyboard

Backup

old: moving back

new: extra copy of your data

Crone

old: an evil old woman

new: a daily or weekly or monthly job to run a specific task on your computer

Home

old: a place where you live with your family

new: landing page of your computer or website

Flag

old: a piece of cloth

new: temporary variables used to switch on/off a specific part of code

Class

old: a group of students who are taught together

new: a collection of things sharing some attributes

Register

old: to book up for something

new: part of a computer processor

So, these are some things i could thing of. There are loads of other examples like the ones i've mentioned above. So, what do you think, is the change for good or bad?? Can you think of any more examples like this??

Importance of Optical Mouse - A Love Story

When i got to my table early this morning, i noticed my litmus mouse (it gives out blue and red lights - just as a litmus paper changes color for acids and bases) missing from my blue mouse-pad.

OMG!! Where could it be??
Under the table? No!!
In the drawer? No!!
Beneath the file stack? No!!
In my laptop bag? No!!
In the dustbin? No!! (you'll know by the end why i checked there)
My precious little mouse was gone ='(

Sadly, i switched on my system. But today wasn't the same. It wasn't there blinking happily at me, eager for me to start my work. My mouse-pad was sadly staring up at me (remember it was blue & blue means sad...right??)
How am i ever going to work without it by my side?
BING!! i got a message from my colleague to send him a file i was supposed to. Ignoring my previous feelings, i used the touch-pad to open up the file & started working. I got engrossed into my work soon.

My flow was interrupted by an upgrade reminder of my anti-virus. Angry on the interruption, i moved my hand to the right to click "OK" on the pop-up & get rid of that annoying message. i curled my fingers over the usual place but all i caught was air. I looked towards my right annoyingly only to find the resting spot of my beloved litmus mouse empty...and the feeling returned!!

I closed my eyes & sank back into my chair. The memories of me & my dear mouse flashed before me like a film-reel:
When we 1st met: there i am holding it for the 1st time & look how brightly it's twinkling in my hand
How it encouraged me: there i am so tired with all the work load, dejectedly I've placed my head over the table & it shines up the glossy table surface with its light to catch my attention & tell me that it's there with me through all this
How it came in handy whenever i was angry: there i am angry about that software not working, enraged, I've banged it on the table (if I hit it hard enough, it can end up in the dustbin) & it's looking back at me sadly (blue light ON)
How it helped me think: there i am moving it around the screen aimlessly, thinking about my work
How it saved my time: i am trying to skim through that long document & it's there sliding the pages down with a little move of my finger
........
Oh all those cherished memories of my beloved mouse!!
KNOCK!! KNOCK!! on the door draws me back to reality.
It was one of my colleagues & he was holding my dear little litmus mouse in his hand.
"Sorry, i borrowed it last night...", he placed it on my table & left
With shaky hands, i lifted my mouse & plugged it in.
BLINK!! it came to life & my mouse-pad shimmered with red & blue lights. Oh, how happy i was to get it back.
Staring at it for a brief moment, i held it & went back to work!!