Jargons of Software Industry

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• The Importance of Terminology's Quality In A Computer Language
• Math Terminology and Naming of Things
• Politics and the English Language, 1946, by George Orwell.

• What are OOP's Jargons and Complexities?
• Java's Abuse of the Jargon “Interface” and API
• Jargons of Info Tech Industry
• What's List Comprehension and Why is it Harmful?
• The Term Currying in Computer Science
• Why You should Not Use the Jargons lisp-1 lisp-2
• The Jargon “Tail Recursion”
• What is Closure in a Programing Language?
• Jargons and High Level Languages
• Why You Should Avoid the Jargon Tail Recursion
• Paul Graham's Infatuation with the Concept of Hacker
• I Can Not Find A Word Better Than “CAR”
• English Idiom in Unix: Directory Recursively