What words have you heard or use only in a software engineering context?

simon_tomes
Thu, 01 May 2025 11:49:36 +0000
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Words mean a lot in our world. And boy oh boy do we often debate the nuances of words in the testing, QA and quality engineering community.

It came up on another thread the other day. I’m curious about what words you have heard or are using only in a software engineering context.

A few spring to mind from my career:

Standup

Daily Scrum

Microservices

CRUD

SQL

Database Migration

Optional question: What might this remind us about context, scene setting, playback of understanding and the challenges we face with creating a shared understanding?

Would be interesting to build a list of words we only (tend to) use in a software engineering context.

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