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alliteration |
repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words, as in Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers |
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6/9/2009 2:04:09 PM |
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API |
Application Program Interface, interface between operating system (OS) and application programs |
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9/1/2010 8:30:07 AM |
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apoptosis |
(æ-pêp-to'-sis) Genetically programmed cell death, sometimes called 'cell suicide', which plays an important role in shaping the distinct forms of tissues in living organisms. Apoptosis accounts for the formation of the fingers and toes of a human fetus: |
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7/24/2010 7:32:42 AM |
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astroturfing |
faking a "grassroots" campaign to promote a special interest cause by sending letters to legislators indicating private individuals support the cause of a special interest. The term "astroturfing" was coined by US Senator Lloyd Benson, Texas, after he rec |
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8/5/2010 6:17:42 AM |
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Blekko |
Search engine competitor of Google, Yahoo, Bing. Blekko's slogan is Slash the Web. According to their website, Blekko is a better way to search the web by using slashtags as a tool to filter search results as narrow (/scuba) or as broad (/favorites) as de |
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11/6/2010 2:47:36 PM |
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CAPTCHA |
acronym for "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart"; security image software written in ASP that displays a security image on websites forms; the image, numbers and alpha can only be read by humans. |
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7/10/2010 3:39:14 PM |
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CLI |
Command Line Interfaces, user-computer interactions (commands) which use only text (no mouse or other pointer) and are accessed solely by a keyboard such as MS DOS. |
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9/1/2010 8:40:13 AM |
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collective noun |
word for a collection or group such as a pride of lions, flock of sheep, herd of cattle, gang of elk, swarm of bees, covey of quail, nye of pheasants, parliament of rooks, murmuration of starlings, exaltation of larks, flight of doves, and a gaggle of gee |
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4/17/2010 7:32:57 AM |
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DOE |
Depends On Experience; DOE in a job announcement means that the job salary is commenserate with experience on the job |
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8/8/2010 10:34:51 PM |
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dystopia |
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian. Examples of dystopias are characterized in books such as Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and The Handmaid's Tale. The Iron Heel was de |
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6/6/2012 9:34:15 AM |
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energacity |
Having the energy to begin a difficult process; having the tenacity to complete the task. |
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6/6/2012 9:37:56 AM |
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friggatriskaidekaphobia |
Fear of Friday 13th; the word is comprised of the Norse and Greek root words for "Fear" and "Friday" and "13." (source: The Writer's Almanac 8-13-2010) |
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8/13/2010 12:07:26 PM |
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glossophobia |
the fear of public speaking; anxiety due to speaking in public; the number one phobia in the world, ahead of spiders, heights, flying, and death |
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6/9/2009 9:14:19 AM |
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googol |
the number 10 raised to the 100th power; number 1 followed by 100 zeros; possibly derivation for the internet brand name Google |
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6/16/2009 8:17:48 AM |
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grassroots |
the "rank and file of the electorate or of a political party" (OED), the people who walk door-to-door in support of a candidate or cause; term first used at the 1912 Progressive Party Convention. Faking a grassroots campaign is "astroturfing", a term coin |
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8/5/2010 6:12:04 AM |
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GUI |
Graphic User Interface (GUI): the computer user interacts with the computer with a mouse rather than with a keyboard. Unlike CLI, Command Line Interfaces, which use only text and are accessed solely by a keyboard such as MS DOS. |
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9/1/2010 8:38:33 AM |
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HTML |
HyperText Markup Language: text and image formatting language used by web browsers to format internet web pages |
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9/4/2010 9:50:48 AM |
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Hunch |
site founded by Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr, helps people make decisions from what books to read, movies to watch, food to eat, and clothes to wear. Source: FutureTense. publicradio.org/columns/futuretense |
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4/16/2010 8:57:54 PM |
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jaebeol |
also chaebol: a very large, economically, politically and socially powerful and influential North Korean business conglomerate |
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6/7/2009 2:56:38 PM |
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Kafkaesque |
references writer Franz Kafka, used to describe things of a gloomy, bizarre, eerie, nightmarish, or doomed nature (from The Writer's Almanac, July 3, 2009) |
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7/3/2009 7:35:08 AM |
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malapropism |
a homophone (word that sounds like another) of the word intended, curiously out of place in the sentence in which it occurs. "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile." George W. Bush (R); "The police |
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10/12/2010 8:34:07 AM |
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Musicophilia |
neurological disorder: abnormal, peculiar associations between music and the brain; title of 2007 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks |
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7/9/2010 8:41:38 AM |
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neurosexism |
Coined by British psychologist Dr. Cordelia Fine, neurosexism is a word that refers to the widespread belief, which she denies, that the brains of men and women are wired differently, so that perceived differences between the capabilities of the sexes are |
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9/25/2010 9:09:05 AM |
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op-ed page |
"opposite the editorial page", term coined by Herbert Bayard Swope, New York newspaper editor; not as is commonly thought "opinion-editorial"; Swope also coined the term "Cold War". |
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1/5/2010 7:59:45 AM |
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politics |
combination of “poly”, meaning many and “ticks", meaning bloodsucking parasites; thus politics is comprised of many bloodsucking parasites |
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4/7/2010 8:08:46 AM |
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Prefab |
software that changes every interface to open source using only the pixels of everyday interfaces Source: FutureTense |
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4/16/2010 9:04:40 PM |
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QR Code |
Quick Response: a two-dimensional barcode reading system where the barcode is a matrix of black squares on a white background which allows cameras on smart phones such as Google's Androids, Nokia's Symbians, Blackberrys, and others to quickly scan the QR |
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10/23/2010 8:27:20 AM |
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quippy |
adjective form of quip, a cleverly humorous and often sarcastic remark, a pointedly humorous twist or witticism |
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9/2/2009 9:13:32 AM |
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slashtags |
Slashtags search the web for only the sites desired and minimize spam sites, for example: (/news), (hot dogs/Chicago), (college football/web) by creating verticle searches for content. (source: blekko.com) |
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11/6/2010 2:49:15 PM |
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SQL |
Structured Query Language, pronounced 'si:kwəl. When first developed by IBM, this database language was known as "SEQUEL" for Structured English Query Language; it is still pronounced "sequel". SQL is a database language that works on an IBM-devolop |
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9/4/2010 8:58:14 AM |
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vagitus |
(vê-jai'-tês) The first cry of a new-born baby, the crying of young children |
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6/10/2010 1:50:15 PM |
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WikiLeaks |
site that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive and sometimes damning documents. The site guarantees anonymity of its sources. Created by Julian Assange. Source: Future Tense, American Public Media |
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4/16/2010 8:50:08 PM |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language: used in computer document publishing; mark-up system which allows computers to read documents |
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9/4/2010 9:46:31 AM |
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ya' |
informal abbreviation of pronoun you; see ya' later, love ya' |
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6/26/2009 9:22:34 AM |
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ZXing |
Zebra Crossing: an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library implemented in Java, focusing on using the built-in camera on mobile phones to photograph and decode barcodes on the device, without communicating with a server. |
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