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Windows As A Second Language: An Overview Of The Jargon Project
White Papers When novice users request help from expert sources, they often have difficulty articulating the nature of their problems due to their unfamiliarity with the appropriate technical terms or "Jargon. At Microsoft, as part of the Jargon Project, the...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
CRM And Your Business: A Jargon-Free Guide To How CRM Can Help Your Business
White Papers This paper is intended to explain the jargon-free business benefits that a modest investment in CRM will bring. CRM, Customer Relationship Management, and more particularly the technologies involved in delivering it have caused more confusion than...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
New Economy Jargon: Sooo 1999
News Signalling just how out of vogue New Economy buzzwords have become, technology research and consulting company The Yankee Group renamed a number of its business units this week, sans jargon. The Yankee Group's BtoB Commerce & Applications Research...
[March 2, 2002, 6:31]
Jargon, Jargon, Jargon. Find Out What The IT Industries Acronyms Really Mean
White Papers ISS provide you with a simple glossary of major VoIP terms. What do they really mean, when can they be used? Make yourself a VoIP leader in your next meeting.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Confusing Jargon Blamed For IT Spending Slump
News Consumers are balking at technology purchases because they don't understand the technology in PCs and other high-tech gadgets, according to a new survey carried out on behalf of an AMD Consumer Research Group.
[July 7, 2003, 13:15]
To Netbook Or Not?
Blog Comment It's just jargon. And it's not even good jargon, because you could use these devices for other things that don't require the Internet (eg, good old word processing, otherwise known as 'writing stuff'), and you could use much more expensive devices...
[April 11, 2008, 16:37]
Highly Effective Marketing Plan
Downloads Marketing is full of jargon. And marketing agencies are full of people fluent in jargon. But the truth is, successful marketing is a mixture of common sense and careful research. Highly Effective Marketing Plan (HEMP) software will help you to...
[December 1, 2005, 20:31]
Highly Effective Marketing Plan (HEMP)
Downloads Marketing is full of jargon. And marketing agencies are full of people fluent in jargon. But the truth is, successful marketing is a mixture of common sense and careful research. Our Highly Effective Marketing Plan (HEMP) software will help you to...
[November 29, 2006, 22:01]
Mining For Gold In Your Back Yard: Uncovering Unknown Carrier Costs
White Papers It’s chock full of jargon. They try to explain the jargon in the information boxes on the back of the bill, but it makes no sense. Have you ever looked at your telephone bill? If you’re like me and the bill looks like last month’s and a 10- second...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Software Vendors Forcing Unfair Licences On Users
News Consumers are being forced to accept software licence agreements full of confusing jargon that are unfairly biased in favour of the vendors. report examined how licence agreements work in practice and found they are often full of jargon, making...
[February 21, 2008, 9:33]
IM-Translate
Downloads Even IM chat slang/jargon has been incorporated into the translator. Version 2.5 have been added: Full English to Spanish and Spanish to English translation, more IM jargon incorporated for all languages, and an Icon on Desk top to start directly...
[June 1, 2008, 14:16]
Are They 'hackers'? Or 'crackers'?
News File: jargon.info, Node: cracker, Next: cracking, Prev: crack root, Up: = C = cracker: /n. The jargon-file entry for "hacker," meanwhile, includes seven highly positive definitions before arriving at what would be the most common usage outside the...
[April 5, 2000, 15:03]
A Year Ago: Are They 'hackers'? Or 'crackers'?
News On most any Unix/Linux box, type jargon cracker and you'll see: File: jargon.info, Node: cracker, Next: cracking, Prev: crack root, Up: = C = cracker: /n. The jargon-file entry for "hacker," meanwhile, includes seven highly positive definitions...
[April 5, 2001, 6:02]
A Vision For Business Intelligence: Engendering A Quiet Revolution In The Business Place
White Papers As many in the press rightly complain, technology industry public communications is too frequently encrypted with technical, opaque jargon and arcane buzzwords that industry outsiders often find indigestible.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
PC World Offers Configure-your-own Service
News The system has a "jargon dictionary" which spells out breaks down the jargon into simple English for first time buyers. Called Advent Configurator, the system resembles an Internet site and allows customers to pick-and-mix their own PC system.
[November 3, 1998, 17:10]
Developers Warned Over OOXML Patent Risk
News While Microsoft's intentions seem clear on the surface (a "covenant not to sue" is as indicative of the company's plans as any phrase), academics and legal experts have pointed out that the ambiguous legal jargon within both the covenant and OSP...
[February 14, 2008, 11:56]
Chris Patten: Politicians Have No Grasp Of Technology
News Technical advisors should also avoid jargon, he added. What often happens is you get somebody speaking technical jargon to someone who doesn't understand the basics," said Allan. Former Tory politician Chris Patten has said that a fundamental lack...
[October 26, 2006, 16:40]
Information Security Practice
White Papers Virus, Trojan Horse, Zombie, Bomb, Spoof, Phish, Spyware, Worm - the jargon of IT system attacks seems never ending. Sophisticated hacker tools are easily obtained. Well-funded and highly motivated organizations back our adversaries.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
When Is A Mouse Not A Mouse?
News The Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) is trying to address the problem of IT jargon with an interactive DVD which translates technology terms into a variety of UK sign languages. Sign IT was jointly developed by Barclays Bank and...
[May 26, 2004, 16:55]
Disaster Recovery Issues And Solutions
White Papers This paper familiarizes readers with the jargon of software copy alternatives and defines currently available remote copy techniques, including network options for replication. It outlines the characteristics of flexibility, interoperability, and...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
