# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 437
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8722 "2011-11-23T19:21:06Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8723 "2011-11-23T19:29:57Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8724 "2011-11-23T20:14:30Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing Previously a type of fabric. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8725 "2011-11-23T20:45:46Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8726 "2011-11-23T21:50:52Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot 7. Drive ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8727 "2011-11-23T21:56:03Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot 7. Drive 8. Bus Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8728 "2011-11-23T22:34:31Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot 7. Drive 8. Bus 9. Monitor Previously used mostly as a verb or to refer to a Civil War ironclad before computers. ---
**Author:** ![YoDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@YoDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoDoc)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8729 "2011-11-23T22:50:30Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot 7. Drive 8. Bus 9. Monitor 10. Application ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8730 "2011-11-23T23:03:32Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot 7. Drive 8. Bus 9. Monitor 10. Application 11. Cookie ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8731 "2011-11-24T01:06:01Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot 7. Drive 8. Bus 9. Monitor 10. Application 11. Cookie 12. Hardware ---
**Author:** ![YoDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@YoDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoDoc)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8732 "2011-11-24T01:58:22Z")
Previously existing words that got a new meaning with the advent of computers: 1. Mouse 2. Spam 3. Floppy 4. RAM 5. Interfacing 6. Boot 7. Drive 8. Bus 9. Monitor 10. Application 11. Cookie 12. Hardware 13. I Next category: Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8733 "2011-11-24T02:04:05Z")
Next category: Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8734 "2011-11-24T03:48:07Z")
Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe 3. Stephen King ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8735 "2011-11-24T04:01:28Z")
Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe 3. Stephen King 4. Graham Masterton ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8736 "2011-11-24T04:38:18Z")
Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe 3. Stephen King 4. Graham Masterton 5. Dean Koontz ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8737 "2011-11-24T13:07:46Z")
Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe 3. Stephen King 4. Graham Masterton 5. Dean Koontz 6. Richard Laymon ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8738 "2011-11-24T17:33:47Z")
Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe 3. Stephen King 4. Graham Masterton 5. Dean Koontz 6. Richard Laymon 7. John Saul ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8739 "2011-11-24T19:21:39Z")
Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe 3. Stephen King 4. Graham Masterton 5. Dean Koontz 6. Richard Laymon 7. John Saul 8. Kim Newman ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8740 "2011-11-24T20:50:51Z")
Horror Authors 1. HP Lovecraft 2. E.A. Poe 3. Stephen King 4. Graham Masterton 5. Dean Koontz 6. Richard Laymon 7. John Saul 8. Kim Newman 9. Clive Barker ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8741 "2011-11-24T21:09:29Z")
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