Jargon

Updated: 05/21/2018 by Computer Hope
Computer jargon

With computers, jargon is a word understood and used by other computer users familiar with the subject. For example, words like SPAM and sneakernet are computer jargon, lingo, or nerdspeak that describe something about computers and are words someone unfamiliar with computers may not know.

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Entering any computer-related jargon into the Computer Hope search at the top and bottom of every page opens a definition for that term.

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