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People see them, they just don't recognise them as that thing — and they certainly don't know what they're called.

You're right that CS has tonnes of ridiculous terminology, that gets in the way of learning. In Mathematics, most people complete high school before they ever hit the terminology. Things have simplified names, like 'divide' and 'add', which helps 95% of the population get a better handle on it.



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