The Deedles Data Dictionary

So, I just had a great idea.  I'm going to start a Deedles Data Dictionary so that my ever-so-slightly technologically impaired best friend (hereafter referred to simply as "Deedles."  Like Prince.  Or Rihanna.  Although I'm pretty sure she can't stand either one of them.) can use it as a reference book when she has IT-related questions.

This is the reason why.

Deedles e-mailed me this morning to let me know that she is buying an ASUS Eee PC tablet that she has been eyeballing for a while.  Amidst her excitement I asked her if I could use her old laptop as my personal science experiment so I could practice assembling/disassembling different parts.

Me: Can I extract the hard drive?

Deedles: I don't know what that means.  But sure!

Me: It means that I will extract the piece of hardware that is your computer's "filing cabinet" so the aliens and Soviet spies can't plunder your top-secret Deedles info.

Deedles: I have a filing cabinet in my computer!?!?!?! Is it pink??? does it lock??? Is it color coordinated?!?!?!

Me: It's not an actual filing cabinet, but a virtual one.  I just used filing cabinet because it's the closest thing I could think of to use as a metaphor.  haha

Deedles: Haberdashery.  (Her favorite expletive.  I don't know why.) 

So, all that to say, here is the Deedles Data Dictionary Entry 1:

1. Hard Drive: Also known as "hard disk drive."  Invented in December 1954 by some guy at IBM.  Your data is read from and written to the spinny shiny disk that looks like a small platter (it's actually called a platter I think).  The top-secret Deedles info. stored on this platter must be protected from hacking aliens and espionaging (?) Soviet spies.

What a productive use of my workday so far!!