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Public Confused by Tech Lingo

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-shocker-here dept.

the_helper_monkey writes "The BBC has an article about how tech jargon confuses the public. It's based on a survey done by AMD asking the definitions of words such as megahertz, MP3, and Bluetooth. " I was recently reminded of how big a deal this is while trying to help my tech novice brother select a computer. If you don't know what a gigabyte is, it's hard to know how large of a hard drive you need.

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  1. Out of date but... by jhines0042 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have you taken the Geek Purity Test lately?

    http://www.armory.com/tests/geek.html

    Its a bit out of date. Anyone know if there's been an update?

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