by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Much of the jargon we use doesn’t make sense. If we didn’t use the nonsense, no one would understand us. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We use jargon. I work in computers, and we are one of the worst offenders of jargon in communication. The jargon is nonsense. If I used real words, however, no one would understand me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Consider: do you have your computing in the cloud or on premise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, we consider cloud computing. Cloud?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cloud: noun, a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground. OR a state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the relation between computers in a data center hundred of miles away and condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere? I have sought that relation for years and don’t have a clue. And then there is the dark cloud of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry. Calling a data center a cloud is closer to gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry than anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, we consider computers on premise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Premise: noun, a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People mean premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Premises: noun, a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For some reason we drop the “s” at the end of the word as we want to save one byte of storage or something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cloud, premise: two simple yet common forms of nonsense. Yet we repeat the nonsense. We can do better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Dwayne Phillips Much of the jargon we use doesn’t make sense. If we didn’t use the nonsense, no one would understand us. We use jargon. I work in computers, and we are one of the worst offenders of jargon in communication. The jargon is nonsense. If I used real words, however, no one would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,113,32,416,66,5],"tags":[228,225,154,417,186,128],"class_list":["post-4345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authentic","category-clarity","category-communication","category-vocabulary","category-word","category-writing","tag-authentic","tag-clarity","tag-communication","tag-vocabulary","tag-word","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4346,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4345\/revisions\/4346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}