Jargons of Info Tech industry

[axel at white-eagle.invalid.uk]

In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
> Chris Head <chris2k01 at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
>> What advantages would those be (other than access from 'net cafes, but
>> see below)?
 
> And workplaces. Some people have more then one computer in the house. My 
> partner can check her email when I had her over the computer. When I 
> want to check my email when she is using it, I have to change the 
> session, fire up Thunderbird (which eats away 20M), and change the 
> session back.
 
Not a Windows solution, but I find the 'screen' utility invaluable as
I can have my email, news, and an editor open in different screens
and then when I need to move to a different machine, I can simply
detach and reattach screen without disturbing anything that
might be running.

Axel