[Offtopic] dumb question

[Jeff Kerry]

Since the early 1980's, IBM terminology referred to it as the "System
Unit". (Unlike mainframes, the bulk of the computer system was located in
one unit.)

Jeff Kerry
Corio Bay Senior College.

> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
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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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>
> 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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