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Jargon is a programming language created in 1987.

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Jargon is a type of language that is used in a particular context and may not be well understood outside that context. The context is usually a particular occupation (that is, a certain trade, profession, or academic field), but any in group can have jargon. The main trait that distinguishes jargon from the rest of a language is special vocabulary鈥攊ncluding some words specific to it, and often different senses or meanings of words, that out groups would tend to take in another sense鈥攖herefore misunderstanding that communication attempt. Read more on Wikipedia...


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