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The top tech buzzwords of 2013
Buzzwords are the scourge of the technology
industry. Those words that we hear everywhere,
that everyone tries to use to pitch whatever
they’re selling, and that most people aren’t really
sure what they mean.
Every year the Global Language Monitor releases
its list of the top tech buzzwords of the year, and
the 2013 list is now out.
Will the synergies scale vertically to the cloud?
Let’s find out.
By Jeff Jedras
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Debuting on the list in the top position is
dark data.
It’s a subset of big data, because
apparently big data wasn’t a big enough
buzzword – it needed to spawn offspring.
It means your old data, the data that isn’t
part of your day to day operations, but
may still have business value.
If you buy this new BI tool, that is…
1. Dark Data
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Holding down second spot on the buzzword
leaderboard for 2013 is the cloud. We don’t all
know what is, but by golly, we’ve all got to go to
the cloud!
Private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud,
everywhere a cloud cloud.
The hype around this buzzword shows no sign of
slowing down yet, even if its meaning is still
flexible.
2. The Cloud
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How big is big data? According to MIT
researcher Andrew McAfee, it’s so big it’s
about to outgrow the metric system.
The largest unit of measure we currently
have is the Yottabyte, equivalent to a
quadrillion gigabytes. Now what’s a lot of
episodes of Game of Thrones.
If we need a new unit of measure, we vote
for the Hellabyte. Or maybe you could just
clean out your hard drive.
3. Yottabytes
The Next Big Thing is down one spot from last
year, so whatever The Next Big Thing is, it’s
apparently not The Next Big Thing.
Perhaps there haven’t been enough Big Things
recently, so whichever one is Next is probably
going to be The one.
Either way, in an industry known for its hype,
The Next Big Thing is sure to remain plentiful.
And always be next.
4. The Next Big Thing
Another newcomer to this year’s list is the
Heisenbug, which is apparently a computer
programming slang term for “a software bug
that seems to disappear or alter its behavior
when one attempts to study it.”
It’s named for physicist Werner Heisenberg,
who did something with quantum mechanics
you can Google if you’re really interested.
We’ll let you know if Sheldon brings it up on
Big Bang Theory.
5. Heisenbug