The Lindsey Computer Dictionary: Letter "A"

by Sandy Lindsey

Absolute Path

-- It's the computer's way or the highway.

Access Time

-- Those hopeful few seconds when you still believe that everything is going to work just as easily as promised on the software box.

Accumulator

-- Your error message "save" file.

Acme

-- A term favored by computer users as it is reminiscent of the malfunctioning devices used by Wile E. Coyote.

Advanced Computing Environment

-- Getting a small fridge for underneath your desk so that you don't have to leave your internet connection to get the caffeine and sugar fix necessary to keep you net surfing all night long.

Advanced Power Management

-- The ability to hold an entire office building hostage not by the use of weapons and force, but by the simple threat to shut off the main electricity before letting anyone save their work.