[lbo-talk] Jargon in Science

[// ravi]

On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:30 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> I don't deny that "pointer" was chosen for its common-language associations; but in IT it means something very specific.
> 
> And while "hematoma" is not a Greek word -- it is true that science found much of its authority in creating words based on classical roots because the knowledge of those languages used to stand as a guarantee of expertise and authority.
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> So, while I may be somewhat wrong in the particulars, I'm making a larger argument about how technical terms develop.
> 

Perhaps because I am jumping into this late, and I am too lazy to go back and read everything, I am a bit confused on your point… do you think there is a difference between IT technical terms and medical technical terms? I thought you were comparing technical terms in IT, medicine, etc to technical terms in the humanities? IOW, I do not see where you and Jordan disagree.

	—ravi