Tech Terms

The tech terms I am going to mention have already become common expressions. Check your knowledge and decide whether you know them or not:

• 404 (I haven't a clue) - originally a technical term for Not Found 404 (which is an error message seen on a Web page to indicate a requested URL was not found on a server);
• age - actually it is "-age" which is a suffix used in slang to exaggerate a word and give it much larger meaning;
• brain dump - to empty one's brain of any and all information relating to a particular subject;
• cached out - slang for extremely tired;
• cryptic - primarily used as slang, it refers to anything that is hard to read;
• dead-tree version (a.k.a. forestware or tree version or treeware) - slang for a printed document or publication, as opposed to an electronic version;
• down time - this expression refers to lost production time due to a broken machine and its operator being unable to work;
• eye candy - slang for extra graphics (or images) included on a Web page with the intent of making it look better;
• huge pipes - slang for a high-bandwidth Internet connection;
• meatspace - slang for the real world, as opposed to cyberspace.
  
  to be continued...:)