technical vocabulary
Field-specific language
Technical vocabulary refers to specialized words and phrases used within a particular field, profession, or discipline.
Every area of expertise develops its own terminology—medicine has prognosis and contraindicated, law has tort and estoppel, computing has bandwidth and latency.
Technical vocabulary allows precise communication among specialists but can exclude outsiders unfamiliar with the terms.
- ISOGlobal standards body
- calibrateAdjust for accuracy
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
AI · data mining · taxonomy · nomenclature · blockchain · sandboxing · source code · theorem · SI units · molecule · Newtonian mechanics · quantum leap · synthesize · user-friendly interface · concept map · DNA · double helix · Boolean logic
- jargonjargon, lingo, legal jargon, slang, buzz words
technical vocabularyeveryday language
Ordinary spoken communication
common parlance · everyday speech · layman's terms · plain language · basic vocabulary
technical vocabularycolloquial language
Informal everyday speech
informal speech · casual speech · conversational language · slang · colloquialisms
technical, technique, techniques, technically, technicality, technicalities, technology, technologies, technological