Humor in Healthcare Technology Management
Many managers find themselves overseeing the work of technologists and engineers without really understanding the detail of their work. We have decided that if BMETs must learn how to talk rovider laymen terms, then it would be best served for an clinicians to learn our technical jargon too. :D
What it Really Means...
WWW = World Wide Wait-longer-than-a-minute
ISDN = It Still Does Nothing
SCSI = System Can't See It
DOS = Defective Operating System
IBM = I Blame Microsoft
PENTIUM = Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect
Understanding Of Mathematics
BASIC = Bill's Attempt to Sieze
Industry Control
APPLE = Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
CD-ROM = Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete Monthly
COBOL = Completely Obsolete Business-Orientated Language
MIPS = Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed
WINDOWS = Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
MACINTOSH = Most Applications Crash If Not The Operating
System Hangs
MICROSOFT = Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software
Only Fools Teens
SWAG = Scientific Wild A$$ Guess
Other Terms for technology managers......
TREEWARE: Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.
ALPHA GEEK: The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group.
DILBERTED: To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the comic strip character. "I've been dilberted again --our boss revised the specs for the fourth time this week."