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Software Terminology (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yingyong sounds cool. It's got yoyo vibes

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ping pong

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Or as the Chinese say ping pong

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It literally means "to apply", funnily.
But of course the majority of Chinese people are not English speakers, so they see "app" but can't know it's the same meaning.

[–] irelephant@programming.dev 1 points 17 hours ago

Eh, that kinda works out.