Jargon or technical language is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. Jargon is normally employed in a particular...
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Glossary of poker terms (redirect from Poker jargon starting with A)
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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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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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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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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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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Corporate jargon (variously known as corporate speak, corporate lingo, business speak, business jargon, management speak, workplace jargon, corpospeak...
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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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Quinqui jargon is associated with quincalleros (an itinerant group), semi-nomadic people who live mainly in the northern half of Spain. They prefer to...
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Glossary of baseball terms (redirect from List of baseball jargon (0-9))
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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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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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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Bałak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbawak]; often mistakenly called bałach) is a jargon or a sociolect spoken by the commoners of the city of Lwów (modern Lviv...
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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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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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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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Glossary of Sudoku (redirect from List of Sudoku jargon)
This is a glossary of Sudoku terms and jargon. Sudoku with a 9×9 grid is assumed, unless otherwise noted. A Sudoku (i.e. the puzzle) is a partially completed...
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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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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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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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known as Haida Jargon, was used in the islands by speakers of English, Haida, Coast Tsimshian, and Heiltsuk. Nootka Jargon Chinook Jargon Medny Aleut language...
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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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Breakthrough role (redirect from Big break (jargon))
A breakthrough role, also known as a breakout role, is a term in the film industry to describe the performance of an actor or actress which contributed...
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Modulo (mathematics) (redirect from Modulo (jargon))
for differences accounted for or explained by C. Modulo is a mathematical jargon that was introduced into mathematics in the book Disquisitiones Arithmeticae...
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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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Military terminology (redirect from Military jargon)
organizations, personnel, and military doctrine. Much like other forms of corporate jargon, military terminology is distinguishable from colloquial language by its...
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science) Eric S. Raymond (ed.). "The on-line hacker Jargon File, version 4.4.8. metasyntactic variable". Jargon File. Retrieved 2024-05-30. RFC 3092 - Etymology...
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Legal English (redirect from Legal jargon)
Legal English, also known as legalese, is a register of English used in legal writing. It differs from day-to-day spoken English in a variety of ways including...
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