Distractions Glossary

Browse 2 distractions terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Distractions Terms

Blinking Light: A noisy alert, dashboard signal, or flashy metric that attracts attention without necessarily indicating the most important problem. In ops slang, blinking...
Side Quest: A secondary task that pulls attention away from the main objective, borrowed from game logic. In engineering slang, side quests can be useful discoveries or...