What different terms mean the same thing (or don't, but people think they do)? [closed]

Answer 1

Hard drive space != RAM

Answer 2

Wiki != Wikipedia. (As in, "Well I looked it up on Wiki, and it says...")

This one is not really programming related, but it could cause a problem for someone working at a company that had their own internal wiki.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About

Some wikis that are not Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis

Answer 3

System == Library == Framework == Program == Application == Software

Answer 4

Drop down = Combo box

Answer 5

"CPU" = tower

A favorite term I have heard customers use.

Answer 6

Bug - Incident - Failure - Error - Defect - Problem - Issue