jargon_glossary
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| * **blockchain** -- a creative use of cryptography with no known practical applications. | * **blockchain** -- a creative use of cryptography with no known practical applications. | ||
| * **cloud** -- a fluffy marketing term to cloud the fact that you are paying a premium to rent someone else's computer | * **cloud** -- a fluffy marketing term to cloud the fact that you are paying a premium to rent someone else's computer | ||
| - | * **cloud hosting** -- a recent reband of //shared hosting// to make it more palatable to businesses | + | * **cloud hosting** -- a recent reband of //shared hosting// to make it more palatable to businesses |
| - | * **cryptocurrency** -- a pretend replacement for real money which promotes climate change and causes hardware shortages, popular with criminals and some misguided libertarians | + | * **cryptocurrency** -- a pretend replacement for real money which promotes climate change and causes hardware shortages, popular with criminals and misguided libertarians |
| * **Facebook** -- a convenient one-stop online portal to submit your personal information to advertisers, | * **Facebook** -- a convenient one-stop online portal to submit your personal information to advertisers, | ||
| * **NFT** -- a Ponzi scheme which typically uses a blockchain and drawings of apes to distract potential victims. | * **NFT** -- a Ponzi scheme which typically uses a blockchain and drawings of apes to distract potential victims. | ||
jargon_glossary.txt · Last modified: 2022/04/29 19:54 by matthias