Recipe Glossary for Geeks

BrianR · 04-23-2003, 06:41 AM

The Computer Lovers Recipe Glossary

1. ACCELERATOR: Microwave
2. ACCESS DENIED: Diet Time
3. ALT: As in "alt and pepper to taste"
4. ASCII: Callii Tech Support
5. AUTOEXEC.BAT: Cookies in your boss' car
6. BACKSLASH: Do to piecrust before cooking
7. BACKUP: Leftovers
8. BASIC: PBJ Sandwich
9. BATCH: Mess o'
10. BINARY: Buy nary, eat nary
11. BLOCK: Cake baked with no eggs
12. BOOT: Heat your oven
13. CACHE: Do when egg is rolling off counter
14. CAD: Someone who promises to cook, then doesn't
15. CD: When you don't core apples before baking
16. CLUSTER: Kitchen advisors
17. COMMAND: Tell someone else to cook
18. COMPRESS: Knead
19. CONFIG.SYS: Have your sister figure it out
20. COPY: Double recipe
21. CRASH: Drop main course at big dinner party
22. CTRL: What you lose after crashing
23. CURSOR: Who you are after crashing
24. CUSTOMIZE: Add sprinkles
25. DATA: Sort-a like-a fig-a
26. DEBUG: Check the flour before using
27. DIP-SWITCH: What you do when you're out of salsa
28. DIRECTORY: De place where de priest lives
29. DOCUMENT: Small, after-dinner candy
30. DOS: Dine Or Starve
31. DOT MATRIX: Dorothy's mother
32. DOWNLOAD: Pour batter into pan
33. DOWNTIME: Time while brownies are baking
34. DRAG: Time while brownies are baking
35. ENTER: Put in oven
36. ESCAPE: Order out
37. EXPANSION: Too much yeast
38. EXPORT: Take leftovers to the neighbors
39. EXTRACT: Usually vanilla
40. F.A.T.: See "Access denied"
41. FASTOPEN: Do to oven when you overbake
42. FLOPPY: Bake longer next time
43. FOLDER: Blender
44. FRAGMENT: What's left of brownies
45. FREEZE: Do when you accidently quadruple the recipe
46. GIGA-BYTE: Enough for an army
47. GOTO: As in "Goto restaurant when recipe bombs"
48. HELP: Julia Child
49. HIGH DENSITY: Forgot to fold in the eggs
50. HIGHLIGHT: Top with white icing
51. ICON: I con cook anything better than you con
52. IMPORT: Borrow a cup of sugar
53. INTERFACE: Where a lady puts her dinner
54. LAPTOP: Eat only the icing
55. LOADHIGH: Put in freezer
56. LOG ON: Cook in fireplace
57. LOGIC: Why somebody else should cook
58. LOOP: Why somebody else thinks you should cook
59. LPT1: Put on front burner
60. MAINFRAME: Oven
61. MEG: Mc chickens lay 'em
62. MEGA-BYTE: Slow down!
63. MEGA-HERTZ: When you forget to use a potholder
64. MEMORY: Forget it - use a timer
65. MENU: Surely you're kidding
66. MERGE: Nickname for margarine
67. MICROCHIPS: Serve with micro salsa
68. MODEM: Top with ice cream
69. MONITOR: Oven window
70. MONO: One-burner stove
71. MOTHERBOARD: Mom's tired of cooking
72. NANOSECOND: Time it takes to eat DOS-Serts
73. NERD: Someone who understands this whole glossary
74. NETWORK: I slice, you dice
75. NORTON: Maybe he'll fix these recipes for you
76. PARAMETERS: Kitchen doors
77. PARSE: Nickname for parsley
78. PASSWORD: "Dinnertime"
79. PATH: Worn-out place leading to refrigerator
80. POSTCRIPT: Dessert
81. RAM: Overeat
82. ROM: Overeat in England
83. SCANNER: Guest deciding whether to eat
84. SCROLL: Recite list of ingredients
85. SELECT: Choose edible portion
86. SERIAL: What you eat when you burn dinner
87. SHAREWARE: Mom's crock pot
88. SHIFT: "Cap" cake with icing
89. SORT: Pick the burnt ones out
90. SPREADSHEET: Use under really messy cooks
91. TAB: Drink after "Pie A La Modem"
92. TECH SUPPORT: Hello, Mom?
93. TOGGLE: Switch recipes
94. TURBO: High setting on microwave
95. VGA: Add food coloring
96. ZOOM: I can see it on the table now

Dude111 · 05-25-2018, 03:45 AM

An excellent glossary

I avoid ACCELERATORs at all costs!!! (Not good for us or the food)

Pamela · 05-25-2018, 02:17 PM

I had forgotten about this one.

glatt · 05-25-2018, 03:32 PM

Well, it was 15 years ago.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2018, 03:44 PM

Thank God we've progressed from TAB.

Dude111 · 05-27-2018, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pamela

I had forgotten about this one.

Well you like ME came to this site years after... I didnt see this until yesterday... (I like to scan the bases for good threads)

04-23-2003, 06:41 AM	#1
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Recipe Glossary for Geeks The Computer Lovers Recipe Glossary 1. ACCELERATOR: Microwave 2. ACCESS DENIED: Diet Time 3. ALT: As in "alt and pepper to taste" 4. ASCII: Callii Tech Support 5. AUTOEXEC.BAT: Cookies in your boss' car 6. BACKSLASH: Do to piecrust before cooking 7. BACKUP: Leftovers 8. BASIC: PBJ Sandwich 9. BATCH: Mess o' 10. BINARY: Buy nary, eat nary 11. BLOCK: Cake baked with no eggs 12. BOOT: Heat your oven 13. CACHE: Do when egg is rolling off counter 14. CAD: Someone who promises to cook, then doesn't 15. CD: When you don't core apples before baking 16. CLUSTER: Kitchen advisors 17. COMMAND: Tell someone else to cook 18. COMPRESS: Knead 19. CONFIG.SYS: Have your sister figure it out 20. COPY: Double recipe 21. CRASH: Drop main course at big dinner party 22. CTRL: What you lose after crashing 23. CURSOR: Who you are after crashing 24. CUSTOMIZE: Add sprinkles 25. DATA: Sort-a like-a fig-a 26. DEBUG: Check the flour before using 27. DIP-SWITCH: What you do when you're out of salsa 28. DIRECTORY: De place where de priest lives 29. DOCUMENT: Small, after-dinner candy 30. DOS: Dine Or Starve 31. DOT MATRIX: Dorothy's mother 32. DOWNLOAD: Pour batter into pan 33. DOWNTIME: Time while brownies are baking 34. DRAG: Time while brownies are baking 35. ENTER: Put in oven 36. ESCAPE: Order out 37. EXPANSION: Too much yeast 38. EXPORT: Take leftovers to the neighbors 39. EXTRACT: Usually vanilla 40. F.A.T.: See "Access denied" 41. FASTOPEN: Do to oven when you overbake 42. FLOPPY: Bake longer next time 43. FOLDER: Blender 44. FRAGMENT: What's left of brownies 45. FREEZE: Do when you accidently quadruple the recipe 46. GIGA-BYTE: Enough for an army 47. GOTO: As in "Goto restaurant when recipe bombs" 48. HELP: Julia Child 49. HIGH DENSITY: Forgot to fold in the eggs 50. HIGHLIGHT: Top with white icing 51. ICON: I con cook anything better than you con 52. IMPORT: Borrow a cup of sugar 53. INTERFACE: Where a lady puts her dinner 54. LAPTOP: Eat only the icing 55. LOADHIGH: Put in freezer 56. LOG ON: Cook in fireplace 57. LOGIC: Why somebody else should cook 58. LOOP: Why somebody else thinks you should cook 59. LPT1: Put on front burner 60. MAINFRAME: Oven 61. MEG: Mc chickens lay 'em 62. MEGA-BYTE: Slow down! 63. MEGA-HERTZ: When you forget to use a potholder 64. MEMORY: Forget it - use a timer 65. MENU: Surely you're kidding 66. MERGE: Nickname for margarine 67. MICROCHIPS: Serve with micro salsa 68. MODEM: Top with ice cream 69. MONITOR: Oven window 70. MONO: One-burner stove 71. MOTHERBOARD: Mom's tired of cooking 72. NANOSECOND: Time it takes to eat DOS-Serts 73. NERD: Someone who understands this whole glossary 74. NETWORK: I slice, you dice 75. NORTON: Maybe he'll fix these recipes for you 76. PARAMETERS: Kitchen doors 77. PARSE: Nickname for parsley 78. PASSWORD: "Dinnertime" 79. PATH: Worn-out place leading to refrigerator 80. POSTCRIPT: Dessert 81. RAM: Overeat 82. ROM: Overeat in England 83. SCANNER: Guest deciding whether to eat 84. SCROLL: Recite list of ingredients 85. SELECT: Choose edible portion 86. SERIAL: What you eat when you burn dinner 87. SHAREWARE: Mom's crock pot 88. SHIFT: "Cap" cake with icing 89. SORT: Pick the burnt ones out 90. SPREADSHEET: Use under really messy cooks 91. TAB: Drink after "Pie A La Modem" 92. TECH SUPPORT: Hello, Mom? 93. TOGGLE: Switch recipes 94. TURBO: High setting on microwave 95. VGA: Add food coloring 96. ZOOM: I can see it on the table now __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

05-25-2018, 03:44 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thank God we've progressed from TAB. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-25-2018, 03:45 AM	#2
Dude111 An Awesome Dude Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,111	An excellent glossary I avoid ACCELERATORs at all costs!!! (Not good for us or the food)

05-25-2018, 02:17 PM	#3
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	I had forgotten about this one.

05-25-2018, 03:32 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, it was 15 years ago.

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