Top 10: IT jargon you just love to hate

By Deni Connor , Network World , 05/16/2007

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IT jargon you love to hate: Introduction

IT jargon is flooding your mailbox, laced liberally in sales presentations from vendors and in meetings with your CIO. Some of the jargon you understand, some you don't have a clue about and the other terms mean just the opposite of what you think they should.

Click through to read the IT jargon that bugs you most and at the end submit your own.

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IT jargon and slide showsBy Anonymous on May 17, 2007, 12:00 pmTHE INTERNET IS NOT A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION! Stop splitting web pages into 'slides'. Re: Top 10: IT jargon you just love to hate.

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Agreed, other anonymous guy.By Anonymous on May 17, 2007, 12:03 pmAgreed, other anonymous guy. Every web site with some list like this does it and it makes me want to stab them in the eyes.

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The other anonymous guy is my hero!By Also Anonymous on May 17, 2007, 12:10 pmYour web design sucks.

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re: anonymousBy Roxtar on May 17, 2007, 12:20 pmSeriously, the fact I had to click through 11 pages for a list that could've been argued down to 2 pages kind of rots. I understand this is a free article, but almost...

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Great job spliting up a topBy Anonymous on May 17, 2007, 12:23 pmGreat job spliting up a top ten list into 10 FING PAGES!!!! I will never know what this article had in it, because I refuse to click ten times when one would...

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Anybody notice that #2 isBy Anonymous on May 17, 2007, 12:41 pmAnybody notice that #2 is two phrases? PS The Internet is not a powerpoint.

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