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I suggest the following additions to Webster/Oxford:

Coffee Break: booting Windows
Elegant: Wish I'd thought of it.
Embedded: no time for bed
PnP : Plug and Pray
Manual, Datasheet : as far as we can tell, nobody knows what these mean.
Recursion : See Recursion.
PCMCIA : People Cannot Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.
JAVA : Just Another Vague Acronym
IE : Internet Exploder
Outlook : Lookout!
HyperTerminal: A terminal emulator with HDD
BillGates: Entry points where all the money goes in.
OOP: Out Of Plan -- Out Of Print -- Out Of Pocket
WWW : World Wide Wait
Alpha Release : A name for a non-functional product. See also beta release
Beta Release : Still doesn't work, but we need the revenue stream
Upgrade : En mass bug replacement.
NTSC = Never The Same Color
CAD = Control Alter Del
Backplane : All the interesting stuff is on the front.
Sub-routine : Daily duty on a pig-boat.
Full adder : Snake shifted mouse.
Half adder : Tiger shifted snake, a few bytes lost though.
Real-soon-now : When people will look at the Manual or Datasheet first. ..Thanks Andy
Feature: A bug that has been documented
Opportunity: Marketing euphemism for a BUG - as in, "this product is riddled with opportunities"