Quick Bytes: Computer Lover's Cookbook" by Diane Pfeifer

ACCELERATOR

Microwave

ACCESS DENIED

Diet Time

ALT

As in "alt and pepper to taste"

ASCII

Callii Tech Support

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Cookies in your boss' car

BACKSLASH

Do to piecrust before cooking

BACKUP

Leftovers

BASIC

PBJ Sandwich

BATCH

Mess o'

BINARY

Buy nary, eat nary

BLOCK

Cake baked with no eggs

BOOT

Heat your oven

CACHE

Do when egg is rolling off counter

CAD

Someone who promises to cook, then doesn't

CD

When you don't core apples before baking

CLUSTER

Kitchen advisors

COMMAND

Tell someone else to cook

COMPRESS

Knead

CONFIG.SYS

Have your sister figure it out

COPY

Double recipe

CRASH

Drop main course at big dinner party

CTRL

What you lose after crashing

CURSOR

Who you are after crashing

CUSTOMIZE

Add sprinkles

DATA

Sort-a like-a fig-a

DEBUG

Check the flour before using

DIP-SWITCH

What you do when you're out of salsa

DIRECTORY

Deplace where de priest lives

DOCUMENT

Small, after-dinner candy

DOS

Dine Or Starve

DOT MATRIX

Dorothy's mother

DOWNLOAD

Pour batter into pan

DOWNTIME

Time while brownies are baking

DRAG

Time while brownies are baking

ENTER

Put in oven

ESCAPE

Order out

EXPANSION

Too much yeast

EXPORT

Take leftovers to the neighbors

EXTRACT

Usually vanilla

F.A.T.

See "Access denied"

FASTOPEN

Do to oven when you overbake

FLOPPY

Bake longer next time

FOLDER

Blender

FRAGMENT

What's left of brownies

FREEZE

Do when you accidently quadruple the recipe

GIGA-BYTE

Enough for an army

GOTO

As in "Goto restaurant when recipe bombs"

HELP

Julia Child

HIGH DENSITY

Forgot to fold in the eggs

HIGHLIGHT

Top with white icing

ICON

I con cook anything better than you con

IMPORT

Borrow a cup of sugar

INTERFACE

Where a lady puts her dinner

LAPTOP

Eat only the icing

LOADHIGH

Put in freezer

LOG ON

Cook in fireplace

LOGIC

Why somebody else should cook

LOOP

Why somebody else thinks you should cook

LPT1

Put on front burner

MAINFRAME

Oven

MEG

Mc chickens lay 'em

MEGA-BYTE

Slow down!

MEGA-HERTZ

When you forget to use a potholder

MEMORY

Forget it - use a timer

MENU

Surely you're kidding

MERGE

Nickname for margarine

MICROCHIPS

Serve with micro salsa

MODEM

Top with ice cream

MONITOR

Oven window

MONO

One-burner stove

MOTHERBOARD

Mom's tired of cooking

NANOSECOND

Time it takes to eat DOS-Serts

NERD

Someone who understands this whole glossary

NETWORK

I slice, you dice

NORTON

Maybe he'll fix these recipes for you

PARAMETERS

Kitchen doors

PARSE

Nickname for parsley

PASSWORD

"Dinnertime"

PATH

Worn-out place leading to refrigerator

POSTCRIPT

Dessert

RAM

Overeat

ROM

Overeat in England

SCANNER

Guest deciding whether to eat

SCROLL

Recite list of ingredients

SELECT

Choose edible portion

SERIAL

What you eat when you burn dinner

SHAREWARE

Mom's crock pot

SHIFT

"Cap" cake with icing

SORT

Pick the burnt ones out

SPREADSHEET

Use under really messy cooks

TAB

Drink after "Pie A La Modem"

TECH SUPPORT

Hello, Mom?

TOGGLE

Switch recipes

TURBO

High setting on microwave

VGA

Add food coloring

ZOOM

I can see it on the table