Look up: jargon

1. jargon
   [n] - specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
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2. Jargon
   the technical language of an occupation or group
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3. jargon
   Technical language that is used by a particular profession or group of people. It is not wrong to use jargon in documentation. For example, if a reference manual is designed for SQL programmers, then it is acceptable to use terms such as 'table', 'entity', '3rd Normal Form' and so on. However, it is...
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4. Jargon
   Specialised words associated with a specialist subject.
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5. Jargon
   language used by a particular profession or interest group. May include vocabulary unfamiliar to those outside the group, sometimes deliberately.
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6. jargon
   the collective term for the words,expressions,technical terms,etc.which are intelligible to the members of a specific group,social circle or profession,but not to the general public Category: Language and literature • the common language in a specific field of knowledge Category: Lang...
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7. Jargon
   See zircon.
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8. Jargon
   Jar'gon noun [ French jargon , Old French also gargon , perhaps akin to English garrulous , or gargle .] Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. 'A barbarous <...
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9. Jargon
   Jar'gon (jär'gŏn) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Jargoned (-gŏnd); present participle & verbal noun Jargoning .] To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintell...
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10. Jargon
    Jar'gon noun [ English jargon , Italian jiargone ; perhaps from Pers. zarg...n gold-colored, from zar gold. Confer Zircon .] (Min.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon .
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11. jargon
    <chemical> A variety of zircon. See Zircon. ... Origin: E.jargon, It. Jiargone; perh. Fr. Pers. Zargn gold-coloured, fr. Zar gold. Cf. Zircon. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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12. Jargon
    • (v. i.) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner. • (n.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon. • (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.
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13. jargon
    (from the article `zircon`) ...clear, transparent red, orange, and yellow varieties. Matura diamond, from Sri Lanka, is clear and colourless, either naturally or made so through ...
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14. jargon
    in colonial history, an unstable rudimentary hybrid language used as a means of communication between persons having no other language in common. ... [1 related articles]
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15. Jargon
    - A bunch of technical stuff that sounds important, but the customer really doesn't want to hear.
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16. jargon
    jargon, pejorative term applied to speech or writing that is considered meaningless, unintelligible, or ugly. In one sense the term is applied to the special language of a profession, which may be unnecessarily complicated, e.g., “medical jargon.” Jargon can also mean clumsy language tha...
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17. Jargon
    Jargon is a vocabulary used by a special group or occupational class, usually only partially understood by outsiders. The special vocabularies of medicine, law, banking, science and technology, education, military affairs, sports, and the entertainment world all fall under the heading of jargon. Exa...
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18. Jargon
    Jargon (also known as Jargoon or Jacynth or Matara Diamond) is a colourless, yellowish or smoky coloured variety of zircon found in Sri Lanka.
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19. jargon
    Type: Term Pronunciation: jar′gŏn Definitions: 1. Language or terminology peculiar to a specific field, profession, or group.
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20. jargon
    Language that is complex and hard to understand, usually because it is highly technical or occupational, used in the wrong contexts, or designed to impress or confuse (`technical jargon`; `writing in pseudoscientific jargon`; `using a meaningless jargon`). Jargon can be subcategorized as, for example, ...
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21. Jargon
    `Jargon` is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, group, or event. The philosophe Condillac observed in 1782 that "Every science requires a special language because every science has its own ideas." As a rationalist member of the...
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