Tech Terms (continuation)

This time I'm going to continue listing the most popular tech terms. Learn them:

• mommy-save - slang for the act of indiscriminately clicking 'Save' without first choosing an appropriate folder to in which to store the document;
• morph or morphing - it most commonly refers to special effects morphing and it is the animated transformation of one image into another, by a gradual distortion of the first image;
• opt-out (a.k.a. opt out) - any time a user requests to be removed from any kind of online program, he or she is said to be "opting out";
• PING or ping (Packet Internet Groper) - traditionally this term refers to an Internet program used to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible or online;
• radar screen - in modern jargon, this refers to the range of interests that a company or individual is focused on;
• rant-and-rave - to speak on and on about something you feel passionate for;
• scaleable or scalability - refers to the ability of hardware or software to adapt to increased demands while continuing to work accurately;
• showstopper (a.k.a. a big bug) - slang for anything that has the potential to halt the shipment or to stop the launch of a new product;
• yoyo mode -the state in which a computer rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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