In the beginning of my software career, I always had trouble in understanding software terminology. It was very tough to hide my innocence in that situation. I hope you will also enjoy them.
Scene1:
My Colleague (working on other project): Hey, do you know Jason?
Me: I know him very well (its Jason Joseph. Onsite Project Manager for my project). I will have a conference with him every week to update my project status. But how come you know him?
Colleague: I am talking about JSON. Its a popular format to send data between applications.
Me: :(
Scene2:
Colleague: Do you know BEANS?
Me: (I literally confused and started thinking - he is not very close to me. We hardly had any conversations earlier. Why he is talking about vegetables) I slowly said, YES I know.
Colleague: Please tell me, how to call them in JSP page.
Me: (I came to know, he is asking something different) What beans you are talking about. I know the BEANS which my mom use to prepare curry in combination with chapati.
Colleague: I am talking about JAVA BEANS which are similar to java classes.
Me: :(
Scene3:
Me: Hey dude, what you are working on right now?
Friend: I am working on ARM.
Me: I think every software engineer will work with arms (I mean hands) not with legs.
Friend: I am not talking about human arm, I am working on ARM architecture which is used in Microprocessors and Micro controllers
Me: :(
There are some other terms which confused me like 'SOLAR', 'MERCURY','RUBY','DOM' etc,. DOM is not what you hear in Diwali, while firing crackers. It is 'Document Object Model'. I think lot of people might have confused with APPLE, WINDOWS when these companies were just start ups.
If you faced any funny situation with software terms, you can add them in comments.
Friday, 23 December 2011
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