由Google拼圖孵化器和華盛頓郵報合作開發(fā)的一個新工具旨在通過一個簡單而又開創(chuàng)性的工具來解決這個問題:Sideways Dictionary。
Sideways Dictionary僅是另一本有意義的書嗎?
簡短的答案是No。詳細的解答是,其像技術(shù)術(shù)語的Urban Dictionary,很難對其解釋。
Sideways Dictionary使用類比和隱喻來解釋棘手的技術(shù)術(shù)語。例如像“2 Factor Authentication”:
一些技術(shù)術(shù)語由多個類比和隱喻支持。你可以滾動閱讀它們,并獲得整體某個東西的全面概念。 例如,在“2 Factor Authentication”的情況下,相比第二個類比我更喜歡第一個類比。 更多舉例像“phishing”或“doxing”。
其希望成為一本共享字典
Sideways Dictionary是一個眾包項目。 Google拼圖和華盛頓郵報開始提供75個詞,但現(xiàn)在邀請貢獻者添加更多的類比。
The Sideways Dictionary is meant to be a crowdsourced project. Google Jigsaw and Washington Post started out with 75 words but are now inviting contributors to add more analogies.
Log in with your Facebook, Google, or Twitter credentials and see if you have the clarity to explain complicated technobabble in simple words. You can share analogies and upvote or downvote the analogies you like. All submissions are moderated by editors.
Want to try and explain “crowdsourcing”? Here’s a helpful video that shows you how to write an analogy:
原文:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/new-dictionary-explains-complex-tech-concepts-simple-terms/