Information technology is the reason your computer works, your phone listens, and your Wi-Fi never listens when you need it most. IT folks are the heroes in hoodies, fixing things by saying “Did you restart it?” and typing very fast while everyone else panics. Behind every tech miracle is a person who once tried to fix a bug and found three new ones. That’s where IT Jokes sneak in like a pop-up window you can’t close.
IT Jokes live in server rooms, coffee-stained keyboards, and long email threads no one reads. They travel through group chats faster than a lost password request. When things go wrong—and they always do—it’s the jokes that help tech teams stay sane while rebooting the universe one device at a time. Because in the IT world, if you can’t laugh, you might just cry in binary.
Best Information Technology Jokes
AI will help you work less.
The newest model is called LAIoff.
What’s the difference between an IT person and a non-IT person?
When a piece of computing technology seems to fix itself, the non-IT person gets happy, the IT person gets worried.
How many I.T. guys does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
None. That’s a hardware problem, but have you tried turning it on and off again?!
I’d tell you a joke about UDP, but you probably wouldn’t get it.
Why were all the computers in the company frozen?
Because they let IT go.
Why don’t jokes work in base 8?
Because 7 10 11
A day in the life of an IT guy.
Customer: “Hi, my computer isn’t working.”
IT Guy: “OK, what happens when you try to turn it on?”
Customer: “Nothing.”
IT Guy: “Can you check to see if it’s plugged into the outlet?”
Customer: “Uhhhh, I dunno. It’s pretty dark back there…”
IT Guy: “…Can you turn on a light?”
Customer: “Nope. The power’s out.”
An SQL statement walks into a bar and sees two tables.
It approaches and asks, “May I join you?”
Yo mama so fat, she can’t read files bigger than 4 GB.
What does a networking seal say?
“Arp! Arp! Arp!”
How did the hacker get away from the cops?
He ransomwhere.
Why do IT professionals hate nature?
Too many bugs.
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A man flying in a hot air balloon suddenly realizes he’s lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below.
He lowers the balloon further and shouts to get directions, “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?” The man below says, “Yes. You’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”
“You must work in Information Technology,” says the balloonist.
“I do,” replies the man.
“How did you know?”
“Well,” says the balloonist, “everything you have told me is technically correct, but It’s of no use to anyone.”
The man below replies, “You must work in management.”
“I do,” replies the balloonist, “But how’d you know?”
“Well”, says the man, “you don’t know where you are or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met, but now it’s my fault.”
How can you tell your Sysadmin’s an extrovert?
He stares at your shoes when he talks to you.
I tried to come up with an IPv4 joke, but the good ones were all already exhausted…
Why do programmers dress as Santa for Halloween and carve pumpkins at Christmas?
Because OCT 31 == DEC 25.
Why did the IT team go to therapy?
They had too many unresolved issues.
A network engineer was shipwrecked on an island with very few supplies. Taking an inventory, he tallied a pocketknife, a granola bar, and a scrap of fiber. He ate part of the granola bar and started looking for some food. Finding nothing, he figured he didn’t need the fiber anymore, so he dug a small hole and buried it.
Half an hour later, a backhoe showed up, dug up the fiber, and rescued the network engineer.
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots.
So far, the Universe is winning.
If Microsoft ever makes a product that doesn’t suck, it’ll be a vacuum cleaner.
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How does Bruce Wayne map his drives?
A .bat file.
Why did the IT guy cross the road?
To get to the other site.
An IT guy goes to hell.
When he gets there, the devil begins to explain his everlasting torment. “Down here, you will wade in scalding magma, always burning and unable to die. There will be noxious fumes that pour into your lungs, you will always be suffocating, but always conscious. You will be whipped and flayed and never run out of flesh to sever. Your eyes will-“
“Are there printers?” The man interjects.
“….Printers? Um… No, not that I know of, but-“
“Okay, this place sounds fine, let’s go.”
What did the router say to his doctor?
“Doc, it hurts when IP.”
The “S” in IOT stands for secure.
This one time, a manager listened to the IT department, and every piece of hardware had redundancy, including the staff.
Why was the IT department always calm?
Because they had a lot of bandwidth.
Five cannibals are selected as programmers in an IT company. During the welcoming ceremony, the boss says, “You’re all part of our team now. You can earn good money here, and if you are hungry, you can go to the company cafeteria for something to eat. So don’t bother the other employees”. The cannibals promise not to bother the other employees.
Four weeks later, the boss returns and says, “You’re all working very hard, and I’m very satisfied with all of you. However, one of our cleaners has disappeared. Do any of you know what happened to her?” The cannibals deny any knowledge of the missing cleaner.
After the boss has left, the leader of the cannibals says to the others, “Which one of you idiots ate the cleaner?”
A hand rises hesitantly, to which the leader of the cannibals says, “You fool! For four weeks, we’ve been eating Team Leaders, Managers, and Project Managers so no one would notice anything. Why you just had to go and eat the cleaner?!”
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How do you hack into the systems of a secure government agency?
Leave an infected USB drive lying in the parking lot.
What do you call an IT teacher who touches his students?
A pdfile.
Why should you never use ‘Beef Stew’ as a password?
It’s not stroganoff!
Why did the IT guy quit his job?
He didn’t get arrays.
A mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer, and an IT guy are driving back from dinner. They drive up the hill and then down the hill. At the base of the hill the car dies. They all get out of the car, and the mechanical engineer says, “I got this, it’s just something up with the engine”.
The electrical engineer says, “Not quite, this is definitely a problem in the wiring causing a misfire, I got this.”
While they bicker the IT guy speaks up, “Hey, why don’t we just roll it back up the hill and try it again?”
Did you hear about the computer photographer?
They took screenshots!
What’s the best computer for singing?
A dell.
What does an IT guy wear when they go swimming?
Googles!
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What do you call a group of IT guys singing together?
A backup choir.
A businessman was taking a chartered helicopter flight over Seattle. A thick fog bank rolled over the Puget sound. Just then, the pilot started having problems with his navigational equipment. He tells the businessman he needs to get his bearings, so he slowly lowers the helicopter towards the ground. He sees a glass office building, so they slowly hover towards it. They can see someone in a window, so the pilot writes on a large piece of paper, “Where are we?” and holds it up so the man in the building can see it.
The man in the building then writes his reply on a piece of paper and holds it up to the window. It reads “You are in a helicopter”.
The pilot then pulls up and, minutes later, safely navigates to the airport. The businessman was impressed. “How in the world did you figure out where we were?”
The pilot answers, “he gave us accurate, yet totally useless information, so I knew we were at the Microsoft headquarters.”
There are 10 types of people.
Those who understand binary and those who don’t.
What is the difference when switching from working in restaurants to information technology?
The biggest difference is that the phrase “the server went down on me” is no longer a good thing.
Why did the keyboard maker get fired?
Not enough shifts!
Why did the IT professional go to the beach?
To surf the net.
A Networking guy joins the army.
At the rifle range, he goes prone, empties his rifle on the target- not a single round hits the target.
He reloads his rifle, goes again, and not a single round hits.
The Range instructor comes over, furious, “What exactly is your malfunction?!”
The networking guy thinks. Loads a single round, puts his finger over the barrel, and pulls the trigger, blowing the tip of his finger off.
“Well, clearly, sir, the issue is on the receiving end and not the sender’s end.”
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Microsoft had Windows CE for mobile devices, ME for the home users, and NT for the workstations.
Then they rolled them all together into Windows CEMENT.
How did the developer go broke?
Used up all the cache.
Why was the computer cold?
It left its Windows open.
Computers are like air-conditioners.
Everything is cool until users start opening windows.
What do you call an IT professional who loves gardening?
A root user.
A Windows VM walks into a bar and sees an ESXi host sitting by himself.
The Windows VM walks up and points to the chair next to them.
“Can I sit here?” asks the VM.
The ESXi host looks at the VM and says, “Be my guest.”
What do you get when you mate Lee Iacoaca and a vampire?
An autoexec.bat
How do you get a job at Microsoft?
You have to excel in the interview!
What does a computer do when it’s too hot?
Turn on the fan!
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What’s an IT professional’s favorite drink?
Java.
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What’s the difference between a woman and a 90’s computer?
The computer is happy to accept a 3 1/2 inch floppy.
Why did the PowerPoint cross the road?
To get to the other slide!
What do computers eat?
Microchips!
Why did the IT guy refuse to play cards?
Too many pop-ups.
A Windows sysadmin and his wife go to couples counselling. The wife complains that their sex life is not satisfying her. She says, “All he does is kiss me, removes my bra, removes my underwear, yells out ‘YES’, and then has an orgasm.”
The counsellor turns to the Windows sysadmin and asks what he thinks about during sex. He replies, “Next, Next, Next, I Agree, Finish.”
Why do IT people prefer dark mode?
Because light attracts bugs.
Where do birds store their photos?
On the cloud!
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Why did the Wifi routers get married?
They had a real connection!
How is a printer like Bob Marley?
It’s always jammin’!
How does an IT person flirt?
“Are you Wi-Fi? Because I’m feeling a strong connection.”
Knock, knock.
(Who’s there?)
SYN flood.
(SYN flood who?)
Knock knock – Knock knock
Knock knock – Knock knock
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Knock knock – Knock knock
Have you heard the one about ICMP?
It doesn’t ping a bell.
What is the biggest lie in the entire universe?
“I have read and agree to the Terms & Conditions.”
Why did the IT security expert break up with the internet?
Too many red flags and insecure connections.
Password looks at itself in the mirror:
“Don’t listen to Google. You are a strong, confident password.”
Do you have a funny IT Joke? Write down your best ones in the comment section below!
What is a computer virus?
A terminal illness.