People forget that the terminology is literally just a shorthand for a metaphor that made sense to someone once.
Due to historical circumstances it’s made of a blend of US military jargon, Japanese auto manufacturing, IT terminology, and terminology from a hodge podge of filler humanities degrees people got because of degree requirements.
It sounds weird because the history is weird, but it’s still words people liked and found useful.
People forget that the terminology is literally just a shorthand for a metaphor that made sense to someone once.
Due to historical circumstances it’s made of a blend of US military jargon, Japanese auto manufacturing, IT terminology, and terminology from a hodge podge of filler humanities degrees people got because of degree requirements.
It sounds weird because the history is weird, but it’s still words people liked and found useful.
I’d use some of them just because they’re funny.