[Offtopic] dumb question

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

I agree with Cam - "the box" - as opposed to the other "box" which just
displays moving pictures and sounds but is not nearly as interactive -
except that you can change channels!!!

Cheers

Roslyn Meadows | Information Technology | Bentleigh Secondary College |
meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au | ph 03 9579 1044 | mobile 0412 614
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[mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Cameron Bell
Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2007 7:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [Offtopic] dumb question

Well we've been known to call it "the box". - Really
Cameron

victor rajewski wrote:
> What do you call that box which has the bulk of the computer in it? I
> think I used to call it the 'computer', but I now think of the entire
> system (box + monitor + keyboard + mouse) as the computer. Some call
> it the CPU, but that's not really quite right. Others call it the
> Desktop, but what about tower cases?
>
> ciao
>
> vik
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