Adoption Glossary
Browse 7 adoption terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
7 Adoption Terms
- AI Tax
- The extra cost, latency, review burden, or complexity introduced by adding AI to a workflow that otherwise might have been simpler.
- Bleeding Edge
- Describing technology that is extremely new and advanced, often to the point of being unstable or poorly proven. In engineering slang, bleeding edge highlights...
- Code Immigration
- A playful term for code, patterns, or libraries entering a codebase from elsewhere and slowly settling in. In engineering slang, it highlights how imported...
- Feature Discovery
- How users become aware of and learn about a feature inside a product. In product culture feature discovery matters because many useful features fail simply...
- Luddite Tech
- A dismissive or ironic label for resistance to new technology, especially when critics are portrayed as reflexively anti-tech.
- S-Curve
- A pattern in which growth starts slowly, accelerates rapidly, and later tapers as a market or product matures, forming an S-shaped curve. Startups use S-curve...
- Tipping Point
- The moment when enough momentum, adoption, or market change accumulates that growth begins accelerating more naturally on its own. Startups look for tipping...
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