TECHNOSPEAK
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TECHNOSPEAK. An informal term for a
PROSE style used by high-technology industries, their associated media, and the marketing and publicity groups that surround them, as in: ‘LISA lookalike systems, such as VisiCorp's VisiOn software, require a massive 256K bytes of Random Access Memory and a 5 megabyte hard disc capable of storing five million characters of information’ (
Observer, 7 Aug. 1983); ‘Elegant, innovative and Inphone at its most ingenious, the Versatel features press-button dialling incorporated in the sleek lines of the handset’ (
Inphone Info, 1980s ad, British Telecom). There are at least ten identifying features: (1) The use of
LETTER symbols,
INITIALISMS, and
ACRONYMS:
K,
LISA (local integrated software architecture). (2) Number-and-letter groups: 256K. (3)
BLENDS:
SELECTaCOM,
Versatel. (4)
VOGUE usages:
info,
mega. (5) Compounds:
lookalike,
pressbutton. (6) Fixed phrases:
hard disc,
Random Access. (7) Wordplay:
LISA lookalike,
VisiOn. (8) Novel orthography:
SELECTaCOM,
VisiCorp. (9) Heavy pre-modification:
Advanced Videotech Bike-to-Bike Intercom,
LISA lookalike systems. (10) A generally dense presentation. See
COMBINING FORM,
COMPUTERESE,
INTERFIX,
TECHNOBABBLE.
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Book article from: World Encyclopedia
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