computerese

American  

[kuhm-pyoo-tuh-reez, -rees] / kəmˌpyu təˈriz, -ˈris /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. the jargon and technical terms associated with computers and their operation.

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Etymology

Origin of computerese

First recorded in 1955–60; computer + -ese

Example Sentences

The play is annotated by a chorus of six performers who speak in the exasperating language of computerese.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2018

I spoke English miserably, but the watch had its own language, a computerese series of squeaks issuing from a tiny Japanese speaker to form passable melodies.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017

His short book is clogged with computerese, and his economic extrapolations of postwar industrial growth statistics are unconvincing.

From Time Magazine Archive

It avoids computerese and makes notation as simple and transparent as possible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ziegler, who worked in Haldeman's advertising agency, mixes computerese into his briefings: he talks of "inputs" and "outputs," of "implementing" a policy within a "time frame."

From Time Magazine Archive