Word: jargoning
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...workers teach volunteers how to raise money. This first lesson is on fundraising jargon, starting with the very name volunteers give themselves: developers...
...workers teach volunteers how to raise money. This first lesson is on fundraising jargon, starting with the very name volunteers give themselves: developers...
...Hoxby, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles was one of the many people who asked her if it was possible to put some of her previous research into more accessible, non-jargon-filled language...
That desire to be in the middle of the digital revolution has compelled thousands of young workers to migrate to one coast or other seeking to cash in on the Internet and silicon dream. The myth goes something like this: acquire computer skills (skillz, in the jargon), join an aggressive start-up and, when the company goes public, cash in and make millions of dollars. It worked for Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, Yahoo's Jerry Yang, C-Net's Halsey Minor and a host of others. When will it work...
...been testing IBM's Aptiva E Series 585, which shipped to retail stores last week. At $1,899 (a monitor costs extra), the 500-MHz Pentium III desktop PC has the usual amenities, but comes with an internal Sony CD-RW drive. RW is industry jargon for rewriteable, which means it can handle discs that can be recorded over and over again, just like a floppy disc. CD-RW discs, however, tend to cost about $10 each and can be flaky, as I soon learned...