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  2. Obsolescence - Wikipedia

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    Technical obsolescence usually occurs when a new product or technology supersedes the old one, and it is preferred to use the new technology instead. Historical examples of new technologies superseding old ones include bronze replacing flint in hand-tools, DVDs replacing videocassettes, and the telephone replacing the telegraph. On a smaller ...

  3. Corporate jargon - Wikipedia

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    Corporate speak is associated with managers of large corporations, business management consultants, and occasionally government. Reference to such jargon is typically derogatory, implying the use of long, complicated, or obscure words; abbreviations; euphemisms; and acronyms.

  4. Digital obsolescence - Wikipedia

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    Technical obsolescence, or the adoption of newer, more accessible technologies with the intention to replace older, often outdated software or hardware, occurring on the side of the consumer or manufacturer.

  5. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    COBOL—Common Business-Oriented Language; COM—Component Object Model or communication; CORBA—Common Object Request Broker Architecture; CORS—Cross-origin resource sharing; COTS—Commercial off-the-shelf; CPA—Cell processor architecture; CPAN—Comprehensive Perl Archive Network; CP/M—Control Program/Monitor; CPRI—Common Public ...

  6. Jargon - Wikipedia

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    An industry word is a specialized kind of technical terminology used in a certain industry. Industry words and phrases are often used in a specific area, and those in that field know and use the terminology. [25] Precise technical terms and their definitions are formally recognized, documented, and taught by educators in the field.

  7. Business communication - Wikipedia

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    Business communication is the act of information being exchanged between two-parties or more for the purpose, functions, goals, or commercial activities of an organization. [1] Communication in business can be internal which is employee-to-superior or peer-to-peer, overall it is organizational communication.

  8. Electronic data interchange - Wikipedia

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    EDI provides a technical basis for automated commercial "conversations" between two entities, either internal or external. The term EDI encompasses the entire electronic data interchange process, including the transmission, message flow, document format, and software used to interpret the documents.

  9. Legacy system - Wikipedia

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    Legacy systems are considered to be potentially problematic by some software engineers for several reasons. [4]If legacy software runs on only antiquated hardware, the cost of maintaining the system may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.