• Jargon, or technical language, is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. Jargon is normally employed in a...
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  • Look up jargon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jargon is the arcane vocabulary of a specific activity, profession or other ingroup. Jargon may also...
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  • For a list of words relating to Poker, see the Poker category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The following is a glossary of poker terms used...
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  • The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers. The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical...
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  • Pidgin (redirect from Jargon (pidgin))
    "Pidgin". The term jargon has also been used to refer to pidgins, and is found in the names of some pidgins, such as Chinook Jargon. In this context, linguists...
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    Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or Chinook Wawa, also known simply as Chinook or Jargon) is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific...
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  • alphabetical list of selected unofficial and specialized terms, phrases, and other jargon used in baseball, along with their definitions, including illustrative examples...
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    Politics (redirect from Political jargon)
    Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups...
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  • Corporate jargon (variously known as corporate speak, corporate lingo, corpo lingo, business speak, business jargon, management speak, workplace jargon, corpospeak...
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  • Mobilian Jargon (also Mobilian trade language, Mobilian Trade Jargon, Chickasaw–Choctaw trade language, Yamá) was a pidgin used as a lingua franca among...
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    mass media usage of the word since the 1990s. This includes what hacker jargon calls script kiddies, less skilled criminals who rely on tools written by...
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  • Lingua franca (redirect from Trade jargon)
    A lingua franca (/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/; lit. 'Frankish tongue'; for plurals see § Usage notes), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language...
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    Padonkaffsky jargon (Russian: язык падонкафф, romanized: yazyk padonkaff), also known as Olbanian (олбанский, olbansky), is a slang developed by a Runet...
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  • The Jargon Society is an independent press founded by the American poet Jonathan Williams. Jargon is one of the oldest and most prestigious small presses...
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  • known after its inclusion in the Jargon File, a glossary of computer programmer slang, in 1990. Later that year, the Jargon File editors noted lack of knowledge...
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  • Jargon aphasia is a type of fluent aphasia in which an individual's speech is incomprehensible, but appears to make sense to the individual. Persons experiencing...
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  • Oilfield terminology refers to the jargon used by those working in fields within and related to the upstream segment of the petroleum industry. It includes...
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    subsequently seeped into public discourse. His 1964 publication of The Jargon of Authenticity took aim at the halo such writers had attached to words...
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  • Internet industry jargon is a unique way of speaking used by people working in the internet industry. It shows how those people talk and communicate with...
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  • Jargonness is a piecewise mathematical function mapping the frequencies of a word's appearance in scientific and contemporary English corpora to a parameter...
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  • a certain amount of jargon: commonly used phrases which are part of the culture of mathematics, rather than of the subject. Jargon often appears in lectures...
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  • Quinqui jargon is associated with quincalleros (an itinerant group). They are a semi-nomadic people who live mainly in the northern half of Spain. They...
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  • Slavey Jargon (also Broken Slavey, Broken Slavé, Broken Slave, Broken Slavee, and le Jargon esclave) was a trade language used by Indigenous peoples and...
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  • This is a list of the more common English volleyball jargon terms: Ace: A serve which lands in the opponent's court without being touched, or is touched...
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    Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches...
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    Blinkenlights (category Computer jargon)
    In computer jargon, blinkenlights are diagnostic lights on front panels of old mainframe computers. More recently the term applies to status lights of...
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  • Eskimo Trade Jargon was an Inuit pidgin used by the Mackenzie River Inuit as a trade language with the Athabaskan peoples to their south, such as the Gwich'in...
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  • Damin (redirect from Damin ritual jargon)
    Damin (Demiin in the practical orthography of Lardil) was a ceremonial language register used by the advanced initiated men of the aboriginal Lardil (Leerdil...
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  • This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water...
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  • Quantitative analysis is the use of mathematical and statistical methods in finance and investment management. Those working in the field are quantitative...
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