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"Stack" -- Stac or
stakk a Gaelic word employed especially in high-tech geographical
contexts like "stac-mara"; raised ground, a stone foundation for peat or
corn, Scots Online says also staak, staakin, staakit, stalkin, stauk,
staukin$ as in a chimney stack.
"Deid" -- DE-IDentification Toolbox Java program data sharing
solution enabling users to remove information no longer needed; Collins
Dictionary says the Scots word for dead as in unresponsive or unaware,
insensible, devoid of physical sensation.
"Bumph"-- Facebook and other sites algorithm for bring up my
post; Electric Scotland identifies it as in bump, butt, jolt a push as
in with elbow, dunt, durkie.
"Haar" -- Digital signal processing and computer vision,
specifically related to mathematical algorithms; term for cold mist with
Wikipedia describing a sea fret or cold sea fog so dense it has been
known to roll into the Firth of Forth to partially shroud the Forth
Bridge.
"Yikes" -- Described in cyberland as - would you believe - a
“traditional” phrase, where a web designer experiences or witnesses a
major tech failing, increasingly used by AI analysis consultants; Tumblr
describes as an exclamation of surprise, shock or alarm related to
"yoicks" of Scots, Swedish and ancient Greek origins.
"Dawdle" -- Common thread leveraging AI for enhanced experiences
across education and business - Dawdle Labs, Dawdle.live and Dawdle App;
A Way with Words identifies term as to loiter, waste time, linger and
Dictionaries of the Scots Language to toddle, dawdle or saunter. |
