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All 54 words

On average, a word here is now 57% tech.

■ Tech meaningShowing 54 of 54■ Original meaning
  1. 1
    Bot
    Automated software agent
    90%
  2. 2
    Firewall
    Network security barrier
    88%
  3. 3
    Spam
    Unwanted email
    85%
  4. 4
    Influencer
    Paid social creator
    84%
  5. 5
    Siri
    Apple voice assistant
    81%
  6. 6
    Cache
    Fast temporary storage
    79%
  7. 7
    Stream
    Live or on-demand media
    77%
  8. 8
    Swipe
    Dating-app gesture
    76%
  9. 9
    Web
    The World Wide Web
    74%
  10. 10
    Alexa
    Amazon voice assistant
    74%
  11. 11
    Hack
    Break into systems / clever trick
    73%
  12. 12
    Tweet
    Post on X/Twitter
    72%
  13. 13
    Cloud
    Remote computing infrastructure
    71%
  14. 14
    Follower
    Social media subscriber
    71%
  15. 15
    Feed
    Algorithmic content stream
    70%
  16. 16
    Tablet
    Touchscreen device
    69%
  17. 17
    Apple
    The trillion-dollar company
    68%
  18. 18
    Troll
    Online provocateur
    67%
  19. 19
    Bug
    Error in software
    66%
  20. 20
    Desktop
    Computer home screen
    65%
  21. 21
    Model
    Trained machine learning system
    64%
  22. 22
    Post
    Social media update
    63%
  23. 23
    Python
    Programming language
    63%
  24. 24
    Prompt
    Instruction given to an AI model
    62%
  25. 25
    Token
    Unit of text for an LLM / crypto asset
    61%
  26. 26
    Folder
    Directory on a computer
    61%
  27. 27
    Viral
    Shared massively online
    60%
  28. 28
    Agent
    Autonomous AI that takes actions
    58%
  29. 29
    Java
    Programming language
    58%
  30. 30
    Pipeline
    Chain of data/CI processing steps
    57%
  31. 31
    Server
    Computer serving requests
    56%
  32. 32
    Copilot
    AI coding assistant
    55%
  33. 33
    Cookie
    Browser tracking data
    54%
  34. 34
    Hallucination
    AI confidently making things up
    52%
  35. 35
    Thread
    Conversation chain / CPU thread
    51%
  36. 36
    Transformer
    Neural network architecture
    49%
  37. 37
    Embedding
    Vector representation of data
    48%
  38. 38
    Gemini
    Google's AI model
    47%
  39. 39
    Chip
    Semiconductor
    46%
  40. 40
    Mouse
    Pointing device
    45%
  41. 41
    Claude
    Anthropic's AI assistant
    44%
  42. 42
    Window
    GUI window / Windows OS
    42%
  43. 43
    Memory
    RAM / AI chat memory
    41%
  44. 44
    Notebook
    Laptop / Jupyter notebook
    39%
  45. 45
    Fork
    Copy of a code repository
    38%
  46. 46
    Rust
    Systems programming language
    36%
  47. 47
    Wallet
    Digital/crypto wallet
    34%
  48. 48
    Virus
    Malicious software
    33%
  49. 49
    Shell
    Command line interpreter
    31%
  50. 50
    Mining
    Crypto mining
    28%
  51. 51
    Context
    LLM context window
    27%
  52. 52
    Vibe
    'Vibe coding' with AI
    24%
  53. 53
    Spotlight
    macOS search
    22%
  54. 54
    Attention
    Transformer attention mechanism
    18%