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For Wikipedia jargon, see Wikipedia:Glossary. For hacker slang, see Jargon File. For the gemstone, see Jargoon.

Jargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, or group. In other words, the term most often covers the language used by people who work in a particular area or who have a common interest. Much like slang, it can develop as a kind of short-hand, to express ideas that are frequently discussed between members of a group, though it can also be developed deliberately using chosen terms. A standard term may be given a more precise or unique usage among practitioners of a field. In many cases this causes a barrier to communication with those not familiar with the language of the field. As an example, the words RAM, Hard Disk Drive, CPU, and Graphics Card are jargon terms related to computing.

In Jewish communities at the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the term "jargon" was occasionally used as a pejorative term for Yiddish.^{[citation needed]} Such usage was current both among assimilationists, who felt that Jews would do better to speak the majority language of the surrounding society, and among Zionists who urged them to speak Hebrew.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

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• Colloquialism
• Corporatese
• Corporate jargon
• Critical vocabulary
• Jargon File
• P convention
• Pidgin
• Polari

[edit] External links

• The Jargon Wiki - A wikified version of The Jargon File.
• nickselby.com - 2007 BullsIT awards for worst in high-tech marketing jargon
• [1] - Uzbek Jargon Dictionary. O`zbek Jargon Lug`ati. Словар Узбекского Жаргона
• [2] - the jargon of UK local government
• "Global Shred". http://www.global-shred.com/. Retrieved 2008-02-05.