Misused Technology Terms 

“Oh look you have 3 PCs” *Has 3 monitors*

*People buying a computer:* Only eight gigabytes of memory?!? I need WAY more than that to store my files!!!

As an electronic retailer I hear some of these very often. I'll go ahead and add some of my own: Hard drive > The actual computer tower Samsung Charger > Micro USB charger Samsung OS > Android 3G > Mobile broadband iPad > Any tablet.

Me: **opens Linux terminal** Everyone: oH NO heS a haCKeR

One of my friends told me that the iPhone X had an Android front-facing camera. I asked him what he meant, and he said that Android devices have bad cameras. I tell him the Google Pixel 3 is known for taking the best photos and he said *"That's not an Android, that's a Google Pixel"*

Me: *uses inspect element* Everyone: "He's a hacker!"

How to look like a hacker to the general public: 1. Use the command prompt 2. powershell 3. linux 4. the run command 5. using windows hotkeys 6. make your desktop background black and use a black theme 7. using any productivity software that's not Microsoft office 8. going into bios/uefi 9. Inspect element or view page source Etc etc...... if you do any of these things in public or in class, chances are some people are gonna think that you're a hacker.

Here in Germany, I've heard far too many people use the term "software program", which I find totally idiotic, as programs are software by definition.

> I get quite annoyed when people say tell me they need more memory in their computer and I immediately assume they mean RAM, but they actually are talking about running low on storage capacity with their Hard Drive or SSD. That's quite annoying to me. > I also get annoyed when people refer to the entire computer as a CPU. I've had people ask me to shop for a new CPU for them, and I go to asking what socket they have and what other important things I need to know when looking for a CPU, and then they tell me they mean the entire desktop. > Also, going to college to be a computer science and computer security double major, people assume that I'm automatically Neo from the Matrix and that I can hack into anything, and solve any I.T. problem they have or ever will have. In reality, I just write code and cry when it doesn't work.

Water resistant and water proof. Drives me crazy.

Me: connects an external ssd to my computer. Everyone: oohh, that is a very big memory stick.

Dude: I don't have enough memory for my games. Me: How much do you have? Dude: I have a tiny *256* gigs. Me: Uh, what now? Dude: IKR, so little. Don't you have like, a terabyte? Me: I have a TB of storage not memory. Dude: wHaTs ThE dIfFeReNcE?

Calling the Case the CPU

My mom once told me to wipe my keyboard because it was dirty and I could get a computer virus.

My dad once told me (about 2 months ago) that Ryzen processors are not tested enough so they are not "safe" to use

When someone calls their tower the hard drive, and when my kids call the screen the computer, and scoff when I tell them that the tower is actually the computer because they've grown up with AIO PC's.

when people don't know the difference between ping and fps

My personal favourite: "the Wi-fi cable".

"Wi-Fi" - The internet "iPad" - any tablet "Hard Drive" - PC case "You've got 2 computers?" - multiple monitors "Lag" - low frame rate "My PC is slow" - trying to load content with low bandwidth "3G" - all mobile internet "Headphones" - earphones "CPU" - a PC "It's not a PC, it's a Mac" - ... really?! "the internet" - a web browser "Switch" - Button "Coding or Hacking" - anything without a GUI "fast internet" - high bandwidth "memory" - storage capacity "Photoshopped" - any altered image or video "Call of Duty" - any first person shooter and for all gamers out there: "Extended *Clip*".....

"Do you have a *Samsung* charger?" This drives me crazy. For god's sake, Samsung uses 2 universally used plugs, and by saying Samsung you don't really tell me which one you use.

"I ran out of WiFi on my phone" *cringes in disgust*

i work at a hardware store and these are the most frustrating things: people referring to laptops as desktops people not knowing what fucking port they want a cable for (it´s from my pc to my monitor, duuh) calling anything other than the actual cpu a processor people referring to storage as ram "1 Tetabyte, 1 Tegabyte, 1 Gizabite, 1 Magobyte", I´ve heard them all I need a USB cable - which one? - a USB cable, duuh people having legit no fucking clue what a pc is actually made of (apparently of metal and magic) Airmacbook, Applebook, Air book from Apple, Apple Mac every goddamn tablet is an iPad, no matter who actually manufactured it, don´t you dare tell the customer otherwise "I need a really fast laptop for some intense work" aka facebook " I need a really fast laptop for some intense work but I only have 200$ to spend, what do you recommend?" "How do I set the temperature on my laptop? My hands get cold after a few minutes" "nonono, I didn´t buy the product here I bought it from amazon but I expect your full service and I want you to teach me how to use it, I might even buy a USB-Stick after you´ve sacrificed 30 minutes of your valuable time to teach me how to search for cat pictures on the internet" God I hate my job

When people use the word hack wrong this makes me so mad. Especially when I open up command prompt and they tell the teacher I'm hacking something.

Calling an SSD a “hard drive” is nothing compared to those people who refer to the whole tower as a “hard drive”.

I heard someone saying: "my iPhone camera is not working. I'm gonna let it on for a while to warm up." !!!!! True story.

calling every form of internet "wifi" is by far the worst

I get annoyed when people say "download" when they mean "upload," such as saying "I'll download these pictures to facebook."

RU-vid stopped labeling 720p as "HD" now.

"God dammit Internet, you're making my fps slow"

When I Have Two Monitors And Everyones Like "WOAH! You Have Two Computers!?"

Some random person:Look he's hacking Me:Right click Inspect element

All my friends call the Micro USB cable a Samsung cable... I can't hear it anymore xD

"Hacker" might be the most misused tech term...

when people call cmd prompt a "hacker program"

Hacking in movies be like... Character: *taps a few buttons on the keyboard * *computer screen comes up with big green box saying 'ACCESS GRANTED' * Character: "Im in"

Calling the computer's case "the hard drive". As in, "I plugged my headphones into the headphone jack on the hard drive". *screams* That's like pointing to your car and calling it "the steering wheel".

shut down the computer = hit the monitor on/off button then leaves

When I was a kid I didn’t know what screen saver was and my mom told me it was to protect the PC from getting a virus

Once my computer teacher thought I was a hacker for using inspect element on chrome

Everyone in my computers class always 'turned off their computers' at the end of class (because it was last period) by pushing the power button on the monitor... Me and my tech-savvy friend would always go around throughout the whole room and turn off all the computers after...

I'm surprised RAM/Memory and Storage wasn't on there.

Here are some misused tech terms that I came up 1. Calling the entire computer a hard drive or processor or CPU 2. Calling storage memory or thinking of memory (RAM) as storage 3. Calling any tablet an iPad 4. Difference between Mini DisplayPort and Thunderbolt or USB-C and Thunderbolt 3. 5. Difference between Megabits and megabytes

Last year my brother bought a ryzen 5 2600 and then my dad asked : "So what processor was that again?" My brother : "it's an AMD ryzen 2600" My dad : "... So it's a core i7?"

It drives my nuts when people that are into video games, even the game journalists, constantly mix up terms remake and remaster.

People who say their internet speed is for example, 30 megabytes, when it's actually 30 megabits. People who call any smartphone an "iPhone". People who call a monitor a "TV". People who call a track-pad a "mouse". People who say 1920x1080 the wrong way around, "1080x1920" for a landscape monitor. People who mistake gigahertz for gigabytes.

My grievances: -"CD disc" or "DVD disc" -"Memory" when referring to the storage drive -"My computer is crappy" when the Internet connection is slow -"My computer is crappy and loud" when it's full of dust out of never being cleaned -"My computer is crappy and slow" when it's old and running software many generations newer than the hardware -"My computer is dying" when it's out of storage space -"I don't know how to use a computer" when you don't know how to use Google

When you are buying a case and someone says: why are you buying a new pc

so you're telling me that computer components are either hard or floppy

I hate it when people refer to ALL Android phones as "Samsung phones"! There's more than one Android partner, you know.

"let me restart your computer" "NOOOOO I DIDNT BACK UP ANYTHING" restart: turn off and on reset: clear all data

Putting the computer to sleep = turning it off

I don't have a computer, I have a laptop. Another one: this is my *CPU* . Well yeah, the entire case.

"dangit i ran out of wifi" brain.exe has stopped working

calling lag on an older device a "virus"

When I was a kid my mom told me that keeping the windows (actual windows) open makes the computer get a virus

Conversation between me and my friend: Friend: *buys a laptop* She: I got a new pc Me: wow, what case? She: c-a-s-e? What the hell is that? Me: don't care about.. tell me about the specs She: what? Me: how is the computer? She: powerful .. She: it has 500gb of memory Me: you mean storage, not ram I think She: no no memory. The memory where I save files *facepalm

Calling the monitor a computer

I really HATE it when I have to point out to someone the difference between their browser and their operating system, and all they say is "WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU GET IN MY HOUSE?!"

Using "wifi" as a general term for internet Them "What's the password to the wifi here" Me "The router is still plugged in for some odd reason but it's not connected to the modem so you won't get internet access" Them "Let me try anyways"

My parents Calling every tablet in the world an iPad

FPS and refresh rate is a good one!

I used "disc" and "disk" correctly without even knowing why.

All the professors at work: There is a problem with my computer Me: What version of Windows is it running ? Professor : Yes it has Windows on it Me: Ok, but like Windows 7, 8 or 10 ? Professor : Yes it has windows on it

It drives me insane when people call the tower “hard drive”

Once i had a tutor in high school that called every tablet an iPad, and said that everyone she knew also did so.

Calling lightning the "iPhone wire" or calling micro usb the "Samsung charger"

I know it's kinda nitpicking, but I really disliked when someone in my previous workplace asked me if I had a memory stick with me (what they really meant was a usb flash / stick), so I'd take the MS Duo card out of my phone and hand it to them, which really confused them for some reason, even though it clearly said Memory Stick right on the card. And yes I am super fun at parties.

Around the age of 7, I had already fallen in love with PCs, and stuff, so I understood them well enough for a 7 year old, but, for the next 5-6 years, every single one of my friends, and petty much everyone I knew thought that monitors were pcs, like this one time I had a friend over, and I showed him this monitor, and he was like, can we play on it? And I tried to explain to him what a monitor was, but he thought I was lying for the next 3 years.

"I have 320 GB of memory!" Don't you mean hard drive storage? "Yes! Memory"

"My phone provider gives me 1GB of storage per month."

Another thing is when people will think that with just a router, they can get wifi. I ask them who their isp, as some have restrictions, and the don't know what isp is so I ask them who provides their internet and they say "no one, that's why we're here" and I have to explain that they have to pay for Internet and that a router does not give them free Internet. Then they proceed to ask me which router will give them the cheapest Internet. 😵😵

Doctor: "are you sexually active?" SSD: *IM NOT HARD!*

Please include the following - 4G vs LTE Broadband vs modem vs Router Ethernet vs Internet Cache vs cookie Encryption vs encoding Cable vs wire Software developer vs Software engineer Screen vs display MBps vs Mbps

My mom called my whole ass computer a hard drive...

I had a family friend who was very happy with her new phone saying: "It's an iPhone, but android." Also, remember when people wanted to buy an iPod when they just meant any generic MP3 player.

2:48 Disc with a *c* *RU-vid Auto-generated subs don't understand*

How about this one Tech illiterate friend: can you help me fix my computer Me: sure but from the looks of it I'm going to have to WIPE Your computer. Do you have important stuff backed up? Friend: yes Me: (wipes computer) there all fixed. Friend: where is all my stuff?

When your mom calls any piece of technology a nintendo

*Small lag spike mY GamEs GlItcHinG

When people don’t know the difference between memory and storage

Oh yeah, and also people saying that a raspberry pi (a small programming computer) is not a computer as it doesn't have a monitor.

*I'm leaving a comment to let Linus know I liked the video and would like to see a second part.*

When the teacher calls the ethernet cable a wifi cable. Society is a dispoint.... Smh

Where is the Wifi Cable?

Talking about Megabit vs Megabyte, per second when referring to Upload and Downloading speeds (internet)

A friend walked into my room and saw a spare CPU sitting on my desk. He called it a hard drive.

Moms to every gaming console: "Are you playing your Nintendo?"

Here in Singapore, people selling a computer but want to exclude monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. list it as "CPU ONLY" cpu 🤕

"Mac vs PC" As if a Mac is not a 'P'ersonal 'C'omputer Its like saying "Do you have a Toyota or a Car?"

My mom: "I want a cpu(pc)" Me: "Intel or Amd?" My mom: "Asus" 😤😤😤

When people call their wallpaper their screen saver.

My dad and mom calls our Satellite Receiver "Cable box"

"HD cable" instead of HDMI.... Damn i hate those people...

When I've installed Ubuntu on a schools PC the teacher was trying to return to Windows by pressing alt+F4

when you see a pc on craigslist with "500gb of memory"

When people call RAM storage... Teacher: "I have 12gb of ram on my computer!" Classmate: "Oh yeah? I have 8gb ram on my PHONE!!!" My classmate actually did that they thought their STORAGE on their phone as their ram xD

This one gets me every time, when people say they need to upgrade their RAM so they can more space!

When u ask someone how much ram they have and they say 2tb or similliar

People referring to a case (or the entire rig) as the "CPU"/"Processor".

People who confuse memory and storage piss me off.