computerese
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of computerese
Example Sentences
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The play is annotated by a chorus of six performers who speak in the exasperating language of computerese.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
I spoke English miserably, but the watch had its own language, a computerese series of squeaks issuing from a tiny Japanese speaker to form passable melodies.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
At first, she was fearful that a heavy dose of computerese would bore her parent.
From Time Magazine Archive
It avoids computerese and makes notation as simple and transparent as possible.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ziegler, who worked in Haldeman's advertising agency, mixes computerese into his briefings: he talks of "inputs" and "outputs," of "implementing" a policy within a "time frame."
From Time Magazine Archive
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