* Content corresponds to "Web content." Nobody outside the tech industry says "content" when they mean "what's on your Web site."
* Device. Cellphone companies never actually use the term "cellphone." They always use the word "device."
* Dialog. The term "dialog box" stands for a message box on the screen, forcing you to answer a question--like how many copies of a printout you want.
* Display. "Display" can be a noun ("a display of fireworks"). It can also be a verb that takes a direct object ("He displayed emotion"). It is not, however, a verb without a direct object, except in magazines like PC World: "Shows filmed in high-definition end up displaying in letterbox format."
* D.R.M. It means copy protection, which most people don't like on their software, music files or videos. So with doublespeak like "digital rights management," the companies who favor copy protection think they're putting a positive spin on the concept. And by using "D.R.M." instead of "copy protection," we're playing into their sad little manipulation.
* Enable. "Enable the GPS function” means "Turn on GPS" instead.
* E-mail client. Originally, someone coined "client" to distinguish your computer's e-mail program from the computer that dishes it out (the server).
* Functionality. Say "feature."
* LCD is a kind of screen. The term is decoded as "Liquid crystal display."
* P.D.A. stands for "Personal digital assistant."
* Price point. "Price" alone does the job.
* URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator" or simply "Web address."
* RAM is a kind of memory. “Random Access Memory”.
* S.M.S is a text message.
* Support. It means "help line", or as a verb - "has," "offers" or "works with."
* USB. It stands for "Universal Serial Bus", self-descriptive name for jacks, like FireWire or (for Apple's wireless) AirPort.
* User. When you're writing about computers, there's almost never a sentence where you couldn't substitute "you" or, worst case, "the customer" as the noun and thereby improve the sentence.
* Device. Cellphone companies never actually use the term "cellphone." They always use the word "device."
* Dialog. The term "dialog box" stands for a message box on the screen, forcing you to answer a question--like how many copies of a printout you want.
* Display. "Display" can be a noun ("a display of fireworks"). It can also be a verb that takes a direct object ("He displayed emotion"). It is not, however, a verb without a direct object, except in magazines like PC World: "Shows filmed in high-definition end up displaying in letterbox format."
* D.R.M. It means copy protection, which most people don't like on their software, music files or videos. So with doublespeak like "digital rights management," the companies who favor copy protection think they're putting a positive spin on the concept. And by using "D.R.M." instead of "copy protection," we're playing into their sad little manipulation.
* Enable. "Enable the GPS function” means "Turn on GPS" instead.
* E-mail client. Originally, someone coined "client" to distinguish your computer's e-mail program from the computer that dishes it out (the server).
* Functionality. Say "feature."
* LCD is a kind of screen. The term is decoded as "Liquid crystal display."
* P.D.A. stands for "Personal digital assistant."
* Price point. "Price" alone does the job.
* URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator" or simply "Web address."
* RAM is a kind of memory. “Random Access Memory”.
* S.M.S is a text message.
* Support. It means "help line", or as a verb - "has," "offers" or "works with."
* USB. It stands for "Universal Serial Bus", self-descriptive name for jacks, like FireWire or (for Apple's wireless) AirPort.
* User. When you're writing about computers, there's almost never a sentence where you couldn't substitute "you" or, worst case, "the customer" as the noun and thereby improve the sentence.
* Wi-Fi. It's just not a good term. It doesn't say what it means. People think it stands for "wireless fidelity," you can use the term "wireless hot spot" instead, because there's no more comprehensible alternative (e.g. "Bluetooth").
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Notice that David's list was words that journalists should avoid using because many of their readers don't understand these terms.
But as students learning all about the Internet and Technology we'll need to know these terms.
I don't want you all to think you don't need to learn them because many of them are very useful to know.
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