technobabble

tech·no·bab·ble

(tĕk′nō-băb′əl)

Technical jargon: "The playwright can send up the garbled technobabble of modern bureaucracy as expertly as anyone" (Peter Marks).

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tech•no•bab•ble

(ˈtɛk noʊˌbæb əl)
n.

incomprehensible technical language or jargon.

[1980–85; patterned on psychobabble]

technobabble

The excessive use of Internet jargon and high technology terminology, especially when used to intimidate inexperienced computer users.

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technobabble - technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects

jargon - specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

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technobabble

n (inf) → Fachschinesisch nt (inf)

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