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 |