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Re:Plain English: A simple guide on words to avoid in govern... by DonHopkins on Friday December 23, 2022 @09:08AM (#34105930)
CPU is short for Central Processing Unit, and is often used to contrast with GPU, which is short for Graphics Processing Unit, which is often used for ML, which is short for Machine Learning, even though ML isn't just Graphics, and TPU is short for Tensor Processing Unit, which is also used for Machine Learning.

Also, C-3PO is short for See-Threepio, and is used for interacting with organics, while R2D2 is short for Artoo-Detoo, which is used for interacting with digitals and arguing with C-3P0, while TWKE-4 is short for Twiki, which is used for saying BDBDBDBD, which is short for Bee Dee Bee Dee Bee Dee Bee Dee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCb_abgig0

Re:Plain English: A simple guide on words to avoid in govern... by gumby on Friday December 23, 2022 @11:24AM (#34107495)
Precisely: this gets annoying really quickly. Hence jargon.