Almost all computer-related vocabulary sounds ridiculous when translated literally to German. For example, we have 2 different words for door key (Schluessel) and key (Taste) on a computer keyboard. Keyboard is called "Tastatur", but if you translate keyboard literally, you think of a board with some hooks in it to hang keys.
Similar with "motherboard", "hard disc" (although this may sound strange in english as well),...
