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Re:Beware techies talking gobbledegook by alextingle on Saturday January 04, 2014 @08:47AM (#7011020)
That's completely the wrong way to explain a stack overflow to board level. Try this:

A "stack overflow" is a common programming error that can lead to a security compromise. While vendors have made their products more resilient to this problem in recent years, it remains a major risk, especially for systems connected to the Internet.

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Re:Beware techies talking gobbledegook by einhverfr on Saturday January 04, 2014 @08:52AM (#7011037)
Board level is different. I was talking about history student level. Board members don't care what a stack overflow is. They want to know how it affects them. My comment was about the history student who asks "what is this? I read it in an error message."
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