Excerpts from an AP article on the semantic blight of high-tech – buzzwords.

Tech buzzwords may sound neat, but what do they mean?
By Allison Linn, Associated Press

SEATTLE — If Tim Schellhardt had one wish, it would be to eradicate the word "solution" from the technology industry, if not the entire English language.

"Solution" used to be a fine word. If you had a problem, you needed a solution.

"But now, "It's used so much in the tech industry that it's lost its meaning," laments Schellhardt, the director of editorial services for the public relations firm Ketchum in New York.

"These days, high-tech companies don't release products, they provide solutions. And those products — er, solutions — don't just run a program or play a song. Instead, they enable experiences, optimize agility or even sometimes make people's passions come alive..." Read More...