Tech Metaphor Glossary
Communication
Chat
Mail
Mailbox
Post
Tweet
Computing
bit
bug
byte
command
Daemon
Master & Slave
Pipeline
run
sandbox
Thread
virus
worm
Cryptography
Certificate
Handshake
Hash
Honeypot
Key
Salted & Peppered
Signature
Hacking
Backdoor
Phishing
Piracy
Sniffing
Information Architecture
Branch
Browse
Clone
Copy and Paste
Document
File
File Tree
Folder
Fork
Git
Leaf Node
Root
Search
Trash
Trunk
Zeros and Ones
Interface
Anchor Links
Button
Dashboard
Desktop
Icon
Menu
scroll
Tab
Terminal
Tofu
Toolbar
Window
Network
Berths
Bridge
Client
Cloud
Cookie
Domain
Firewall
Gateway
Hosting
Mask
Mirror
network
offline
Online
Ping
port
Ports
Server
Site
Socket
Spider-Crawler
Streaming
Topology
Torrent
Web
Software
Build
Driver
Patch
Plug-in
index
Desktop
irl: The top surface of a desk.
tech: The primary user interface of a computer, containing icons, windows, and background.
also see:
Window
,
Icon
,
Toolbar
Interactive Graph
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