About this dictionary
Tech Buzzwords is a crowdsourced dictionary containing definitions of technical terms, rhetorical talking points, and technology metaphors.
These terms create narratives in the news, set up policy discussions, and hide ideological and political implications.
They are important because they are powerful, so we invite you to help us define them.
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Talking Points
- 100 percent of the tip goes to the driver
- but it's anonymized!
- but we're connecting people
- it's a pipeline problem
- moderating content would make us too powerful
- modernize labor law
- move fast and break things
- regulation stifles innovation
- targeted ads require personal data
- tech doesn't kill people, people kill people
- the arms race
- the printing press
- too big to regulate
- we don’t share personally identifiable information
- you own your data
Nouns
- 10x engineer
- accelerator
- algorithm
- always listening devices
- artificial intelligence
- backdoor
- behavioral advertising
- blockchain
- bug
- burning man
- contextual advertising
- cybersecurity
- data lake
- data security incident
- decision tree
- deepfake
- deep learning
- encryption
- end-to-end encryption
- engagement metrics
- explainability
- fintech
- gig economy
- human-centered design
- initial coin offering
- kpi
- life hack
- net neutrality
- privacy policy
- recourse
- rockstars, wizards, ninjas, gurus and geniuses
- saas
- standup
- tech bro / brogrammer
- tech policy
- the cloud
- the great pivot to privacy
- unicorn
- universal basic income
- venture capitalists