computerese

Example Sentences

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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

Instead of writing commands in computerese, Macintosh owners used a mouse to point and click on easily identifiable icons on the screen--a trash can and a file folder.

From Time Magazine Archive

At first, she was fearful that a heavy dose of computerese would bore her parent.

From Time Magazine Archive

While they were at it, the computer scientists began creating a jargon of their own, sometimes described pejoratively as computerese, to talk to each other.

From Time Magazine Archive