Technology might have changed the way we interact with one another, do business, and consume content – but it’s also changed the way we talk. Over the years the various new devices and tech concepts have introduced new words to our vocabularies, but just as the desert sands shift over time, so does the language we use when talking about technology.
As the infographic below illustrates, some of the common words are in danger of being lost in the mire, while others – including words that weren’t associated with tech before – have completely different meanings in different contexts.
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