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	Technobabble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble) is a form of prose using jargon, buzzwords and highly esoteric language to give an impression of plausibility through mystification and misdirection.
		This is not to be confused with jargon itself, but rather technobabble is a conscious attempt to deliver jargon to outsiders, without insight or comprehensive explanation, to make unsound or unprovable arguments appear to have merit.
		Various fields of practice and industry have their own specialised vocabularies (jargon) that are intended to convey specific features in a conscise manner to those educated within that industry, which would otherwise appear confusing or nonsensical to an outside listener.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Technobabble (538 words)

	Encyclopedia: Technobabble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Treknobabble is a portmanteau of Star Trek and technobabble (itself a portmanteau of technology and babble).
		The military, the sciences, mathematics, engineering, law, medicine, information technology and marketing all have their own distinct forms of technobabble, as the jargon from one field cannot be readily mixed with that of another.
		Technobabble is a serious book, but because of the absurd examples Barry quotes, you will find it an amusing romp through the never-never land of Silicon Valley and Route 128.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Technobabble (1007 words)

	Technobabble - Memory Alpha
		In 2372, when Tom Paris and Neelix were alone together in a shuttlecraft descending to the surface of "Planet Hell", Neelix said he was unimpressed by the technobabble spouting from Tom's mouth as he completed the shuttle's log.
		Technobabble is a moniker describing the pseudo-scientific terminology of Star Trek.
		Among the most notorious examples of technobabble are Star Trek: Voyager's "Threshold", the baryon sweep and the Heisenberg compensator, but even famous pieces of Star Trek technology like the Warp drive or Phasers belong to this category.
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Technobabble (189 words)

	He Said, She Said: Technobabble
		Technobabble is a bit of a buzzword in fan circles at the moment.
		Technobabble isn't a scientific pejorative (since even the transporter can have some shred of logical justification, assuming a technology higher than the Monolith Builders from 2001) but a dramatic one.
		Technobabble almost rarely bothers me as such: I can listen to people complain about verduron particle emissions and transwarp conduit polarity on and off, as long as there's a story around it.
	www.littlereview.com /getcritical/reviews/tech.htm (890 words)

	Star Trek Technobabble: A Multigenerational Primer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of its main goals is to reintroduce Star Trek technobabble from the years prior to Star Trek: The Next Generation.
		Most of the technobabble from the "old days" originated not in the television episodes themselves, but in Paramount-licensed publications.
		Unfortunately, while TNG-era technobabble joins the new starships in exploring strange, new worlds, TOS and TFS-era technobabble has been tossed out an airlock with the hope that it will be forgotten.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Stargate/9081/stbabble/babbleintro.htm (1530 words)

	Technobabble - The MIT Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In this lively account, computerese expert John A. Barry chronicles an important linguistic development which he has termed "technobabble": the pervasive and indiscriminate use of computer terminology, especially as it is applied to situations that have nothing at all to do with technology.
		It reveals technobabble's origins among the "high priests" of the advanced research laboratories of the 1950s, describing the folkways by which this sublanguage becomes incorporated into the vocabulary of the larger society, and predicting some of the new dimensions technobabble is likely to assume in coming years.
		Barry details the technobabble style, which is characterized by logorrhea, excessive use of the passive voice, anthropomorphism, vague and abstract language, euphemism, obfuscation, solecism, synecdoche, and mangled metaphors.
	mitpress.mit.edu /catalog/item?ttype=2&tid=9000 (359 words)

	Making time travel games possible with technobabble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is not a problem, it is actually a happy asset towards the development of a challenging maze game -- you cannot finish the maze until all these paradoxes are resolved, whether or not you surmount all the other challenges.
		In order to aid the player, the technobabble flash would be so blinding in fact that it penetrates solid matter and is visible through the entire maze.
		So we create a gauge that measures some sort of technobabble, and when it maxes out, either the game is over or the system reels you backward to a previous point in the game and you lose all moves (but not knowlege) past that point.
	mojo.calyx.net /~bri/writings/timemaze.html (755 words)

	A Technical Discussion of Technobabble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Technobabble is a technological description or theoretical explanation of technology, processes, or phenomena designed to depict a futuristic or more advanced understanding of said technology, processes, or phenomena while advancing the plot of the story.
		The following technobabble solution was stated: "If we interplex the comm systems in both suits, we might be able to create a phased carrier wave.
		Voyager would read the signature and know it's from us." What makes this good technobabble is that it encompasses a basic understanding of communication theory, uses vague words to describe the solution, and doesn't violate known laws of physics.
	www.reviewboy.com /techno2.htm (2791 words)

	Technobabble -- Book Review
		Barry also entertains us with sections on the traditional wretchedness of computer manuals and on how computer companies are named.
		Besides being vastly entertaining, Technobabble is detailed enough to be a good reference book.
		Fortunately, though it was published in 1991, with a paperback edition in 1993, it is still in print.
	www.jukovsky.com /technobabble.html (531 words)

	Tiny Pineapple · Archives · Technobabble Warning
		To assist those visitors who have no interest in such things (and to protect my sister Amy from any future self-esteem crises), all posts that are highly-technical in nature will now feature a Technobabble Warning label in the upper right-hand corner.
		When you see the Technobabble Warning label, you can be assured that the post in question has been thoroughly screened and has been determined to be of absolutely no interest to anyone who hasn’t used the term
		May 20, 2005 at 12:08 AM But I love the whole “technobabble” warning and icon thingie.
	www.tinypineapple.com /archives/2005/05/technobabble_warning.html (204 words)

	Eyrie Productions, Unlimited Discussion Forum - Technobabble and the universe as an eleven dimensional
		"Technobabble and the universe as an eleven dimensional "
		Well, actually, I was just trying to visualise a hypershpere, with four dimensions, but I think I've got something aprroximating it.
		The technobabble comes in when you make each of these circle segments into a grain of some lasing crystal, with a partially transparent phototon-teleport douletalk mechanism on either face of the crystal segments, and a strobe in the center.
	www.eyrie.net /Forum-docs/DCForumID9/175.html (215 words)

	The Purpose of the Technobabble Archive - The Traders' Den (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In order to keep the main Technobabble forum clean and up to date, inactive threads are routinely purged.
		Threads containing valuable conversation are put here for use by the staff of determining that should be added to the FAQ and for use by readers who may have questions that have been answered in conversations from the past.
		This is a read-only forum, so any question you have that arise from these threads will have to be posted in a fresh thread in the main Technobabble forum.
	www.thetradersden.org /forums/showthread.php?t=1302 (191 words)

	AIF - Technobabble - FOLDSPACE
		Well, let's start out with some actual Technobabble - Everything you wanted to know about Fold Space but were afraid to ask.
		What would technobabble be without a proclamation from the lord of babbling?
		As originally mentioned, a fold space generator bends the fabric of space-time such that a plane of finite area coexists in two places at once.
	www.nastidyne.com /aif/technobabble/babble-foldspace.html (1211 words)

	Technobabble :: The Michael Crichton Fanlisting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Welcome to Technobabble, the one and only Michael Crichton fanlisting approved by TheFanlistings.org.
		This fanlisting is open to anyone who is a fan of Michael Crichton's written works, be it his wonderful science thrillers, his non-fictional books, or his screenplays.
		Learn more about Michael Crichton and the fanlistings, then don't hesitate to join and be a part of this gathering of fans!
	fans.jk-n.net /mc (133 words)

	Snake Oil Warning Signs:Encryption Software to Avoid
		If the vendor's description appears to be confusing nonsense, it may very well be so, even to an expert in the field.
		One sign of technobabble is a description which uses newly invented terms or trademarked terms without actually explaining how the system works.
		Technobabble is a good way to confuse a potential user and to mask the vendor's own lack of expertise.
	www.interhack.net /people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html (4062 words)

	technobabble - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "technobabble" is defined.
		technobabble : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
		technobabble : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=technobabble&loc=resrd (133 words)

	Death of Some Blogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		technoBabble, a second to support communications about my research and development work called the
		technoBabble and to replace the xVRML Project Weblog.
		I miss the interactions from when blogging was new.
	streamer.rit.edu /technobabble (247 words)

	Sport Compact Car: Technobabble: July 1999
		Home » Editors Columns » Technobabble » Technobabble: July 1999
		Back in the May, 1998 Technobabble, I dyno tested a Sentra SE-R in every different gear.
		Second, third and fourth were very similar, but first and fifth were quite a bit lower.
	www.sportcompactcarweb.com /editors/technobabble/9907scc_technobabble (2151 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Opinion - Technobabble of new mobile phones leaves me disconnected (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Please note: Either your browser does not comply with current Web Standards or it has been unable to load the stylesheet that accompanies this page.
		Technobabble of new mobile phones leaves me disconnected
		In fact, it’s something of a mark of pride with me that I was among the first home users of an Amstrad PCW 9512.
	news.scotsman.com /opinion.cfm?id=1314722004 (1215 words)

	Local Online Help Desk - technobabble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In information technology and other specialized areas, technobabble is the
		Technobabble can be divided into (1) technical terms with some formal
		colloquial, or jargon terms (of which technobabble itself would seem to be an
	www.localonline.net /babble.htm (225 words)

	NetLingo.com Dictionary of Internet Terms: Online Dictionary
		A bunch of high-tech terms strung together to sound impressive without meaning anything.
		Technobabble can be used to overwhelm newbies, giving a false sense of superiority to the person who blabbers such jargon.
		Reproduction in whole or in part requires written permission
	www.netlingo.com /right.cfm?term=technobabble (42 words)

	Nothing But Words » Technobabble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		UPDATE: I expanded this to a full length article, which was published in the May 2005 issue of phparchitect.
		At this time, the emails we generate only contain basic Latin characters, so sticking with the standard mail() function meets our needs for now.
		You are currently browsing the Nothing But Words Technobabble archives.
	www.toppa.com /blog/category/technobabble (4844 words)

	Technobabble
		Slang sometimes used to describe an individual or document that is spoken or written in a way that is difficult for a standard computer user to understand.
		The Computer Hope dictionary was created to help users understand computer acronyms and technobabble.
		Were you able to locate the answer to your questions?
	www.computerhope.com /jargon/t/technoba.htm (51 words)

	Sport Compact Car Magazine: Technobabble: September 2001
		Home » Editors Columns » Technobabble » Technobabble: September 2001
		It has come to my attention recently that between my rambling pseudo-mathematical dissertations, my clumsy stabs at social commentary, and my occasional attempts to squat on unclaimed geometrical phenomena of engineering significance, I have, periodically, put useful information in this space.
		Anyway, my dog ate my February 1998 issue, so I lost the 'Technobabble' where you explained how to make an oscillation overthruster out of some dryer vent and a used toaster.
	www.sportcompactcarweb.com /editors/technobabble/0109scc_technobabble (1249 words)

	Monoman: Technobabble
		Accordingly, this discourse and its accompanying installation in transpublic will reflect the latest technological research."
		This kind of technobabble is both hilarious and pretentious.
		And ultimately frustrating, because it obfuscates the dissolved facades of synthetically resuscitated consciousness and medially pervaded surfaces.
	www.monoman.com /archives/000086.html (109 words)

	SoundStage! Max dB - Technobabble: The Importance and Meaning of Distortions (06/1998)
		Max dB - Technobabble: The Importance and Meaning of Distortions (06/1998)
		This month I’ll talk about a few of the technical aspects of the performance of high-end equipment that are misused and/or misunderstood or ignored.
		If you do find an amplifier or preamplifier claiming very low phase distortion, and graphs or other data are included to "prove" it, chances are fairly good that the designer really did aspire to low levels of phase shift.
	www.soundstage.com /maxdb/maxdb061998.htm (2585 words)

	New books try to make sense of technobabble - Computerworld
		New books try to make sense of technobabble - Computerworld
		The dictionary, last updated in 1991, has about 145 new computer words and phrases, including applet, data warehouse, E-mail, Java, killer application, millennium bug, netizen and sleep mode, according to the dictionary's editor, Elizabeth Knowles.
		Computerworld and Computerworld.com and the respective logos are trademarks of International Data Group Inc.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/1997/0,4814,20568,00.html (163 words)

	TECHNOBABBLE: Fred, the Polymorphic Virus
		You are here: Gary → Columns → Technobabble → Jul2002
		Email me for permission to copy or reprint.
		Overview Robson on Captioning The Caption CART Technobabble
	www.robson.org /gary/writing/technobabble0207.html (572 words)

	Re: NFC: Revamped gallery (technobabble warning) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I'm glad the discussion led to real change.
		Unfortunately it is "technobabble" to most, I think, so it is kind of hard to solicit dialogue on such issues.
		I just wish I had access to the web server error logs > on Interspeed.net to assist debugging.
	fins.actwin.com /nanf/month.9905/msg00199.html (221 words)

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