tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039616693561391290.post8087020934174572747..comments2020-07-14T22:21:22.649-05:00Comments on 4J's Group - THE CONTENT POOL: Enter The Jargon!!Alan J. Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095628136383536314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039616693561391290.post-41932402980085175592010-07-16T08:28:37.321-05:002010-07-16T08:28:37.321-05:00There are still IT professionals who don't bel...There are still IT professionals who don't believe a "closed" wiki is a real wiki (like Confluence or MindTouch where you can set up permissions), and that a real wiki is like Wikipedia where anyone can edit. For now, I have to keep referring to ours as a "closed wiki".Gina Fevrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024702524878984337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039616693561391290.post-79213859708579653992010-05-20T11:58:00.903-05:002010-05-20T11:58:00.903-05:00"Is what we consider jargon a label that is o..."Is what we consider jargon a label that is only proportional to the size of the community that accepts and understands a specific definition of a word?" <br /><br />That's it exactly. When a term slips out of its specialist compound into newspapers and magazines intended for a gereral (not specialized) audience, and into general TV and online news, and gets added to general dictionaries, it has spread its wings into the general body of the language, and is no longer considered "jargon".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00026699696336446875noreply@blogger.com