POPULARISED

Meaning of POPULARISED in English

adj. explained in a manner suited to the general public; simplified, having had unnecessary details removed (also popularized)

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POPULARIZED — adj. explained in a manner suited to the general public; simplified, having had unnecessary details removed (also popularised)
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HOLY WARS — [ Usenet , but may predate it] flame war s over religious issues . The paper by Danny Cohen that …
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EAT FLAMING DEATH
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REAL PROGRAMMER
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NINETY-NINETY RULE — < humour > "The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining …
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INFINITE MONKEY THEOREM — < humour > "If you put an infinite number of monkeys at typewriters, eventually one will bash out the script …
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GET A LIFE! — < abuse > Standard way of suggesting that someone has succumbed to terminal geek dom. Often heard on Usenet , …
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FINAGLE'S LAW — < humour > The generalised or "folk" version of Murphy's Law , fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and …
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