Related:

• boot v.,n. [techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine.
  This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to some derivatives that are still jargon....
• hog n.,vt. 1. Favored term to describe programs or hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's resources, esp.
  hose which noticeably degrade interactive response....
• A lot of software developers are seduced by the old "80/20" rule.
  It seems to make a lot of sense: 80% of the people use 20% of the features....
• hog: n.,vt. 1. Favored term to describe programs or hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's resources, esp.
  hose which noticeably degrade interactive response....
• blinkenlights /blink'*n-li:tz/ n. [common] Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, esp.
  a dinosaur. Now that dinosaurs are rare, this term usually refers to status lights on a modem, network hub, or the like....
• How many IBM PC owners -- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
  Only one, but he'll have to go out and buy the light bulb adaptor card first, which is extra....
• PLUG IT IN!!!
• ill-behaved adj. 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
  2. Software that bypasses the defined OS interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software....
• ude adj. Said of machines delivered without an operating system (compare bare metal).
  We ordered 50 systems, but they all arrived nude, so we had to spend a an extra weekend with the installation disks....