Microsoft Minute

A seemingly random period of time required for a (Microsoft) computer system to recognize changes made and begin working properly. This phrase is most commonly associated with Active Directory (Windows Server) applications.

"I just changed your password on the server, so in 15 Microsoft minutes you should be able to log on. If it still doesn't work after 15 minutes wait another hour and it should work then."

by Carl Boyd October 8, 2004

Microsoft CD

A CD that has been spawned at MicroSoft.

An Apple engineer once said "They say, if you play a MicroSoft CD backwards, you can hear satan. But that's nothing. Play it forward and it installs Windows! :O"

by Hampikizzel Fo' Shizzel May 31, 2005

microsoft meditation moment

waiting for a computer to reboot

"while installing NT 4.0 Server, I had many Microsoft Meditation Moments to relax"

by Daniel Trivin August 22, 2006

microsoft works

A tawdry software program, usually bundled free by lower-end computer manufacturers, in an effort to keep their PC hardware prices low. Microsoft Works has become a byword for format incompatibilities and system crashes.

"Tarquin, I am sorry you can't do the MS Word homework that your teacher set you for school, but daddy went for the cheap option, hence you will have make do with this godawful Microsoft Works program. I am so sorry."

by Jason the monkey November 7, 2007

Microsoft

An obvius copy of Macrohard, which Bill Gates stole the disk of while I was sleeping. He also copied my program Doors, and renamed it Windows.

Me: *sleeping*
Bill Gates: I'll just take this disk... *yoink*
Me: You, come back here right now, or I will personally come all the way over there and call Ronald F***ing McDonald to kick you in the nuts!
Bill Gates: hehehe *escapes* I'll just change the name to Microsoft, and this program to Windows, and no one will ever know!!!! WAHAHAHA!!!!
Me: Cheap B******!

by sum-dude May 13, 2005

Microsofted

Used when someone gets wrecked hard. First brought about at E3 2013 when Sony destroyed Microsoft at the expo. Typical usage includes: trash talking in online games, trash talking in real life, describing someone's final grades, etc

Dude A: -goes 0-13 in CoD-
Dude B: "Dude, you got microsofted so hard"
Dude A: "Fuck you"

by Dinged June 17, 2013

Microsoft Tax

The portion of the cost of a new computer that goes towards the Microsoft Windows license typically attached to it. Typically used derogatively in the free software community, which consists of people who would rather have no operating system supplied with their new PC. Due to the tactics of Microsoft towards computer manufacturers, this is rarely possible, unless the computer is a Macintosh.

Guy: I want a new PC to run Ubuntu, and I'd rather not pay the Microsoft Tax, but I don't have the time or know-how to put together a PC from scratch.
Other Guy: That sucks. Microsoft should stop being such greedy pigs.
Guy: I know!

by Dave J. H. April 14, 2008