Technology understanding people has trumped people understanding technology. As a result, what was once an Art or a Science has become Sorcery or Alchemy.
metaphorical.ly encourages everyone to begin to demystify technology by breaking it down into simple metaphors. By doing so, we'll begin to see technology not as sorcery or alchemy, but as simple interactions with things designed by people.
An Exploit is the Thermal Exhaust Port on the Death Star
A Cookie is a Handstamp at a Bar
Defragmenting is Moving Hangers in your Closet.
Defragmenting is Packing a Suitcase
Imagine the storage device is a suitcase. When we pack, when we add something new, we put something into the suitcase. We might also remove something, which is the opposite: we are pulling something out of the suitcase.
Here is a problem we often have: what if we want to add one more big object into the suitcase? We know that the suitcase has enough space to hold it, we have already pulled enough stuff out. The trouble is the space we need is spread out randomly in the suitcase.
What should we do? Reorganize the suitcase! Bingo! This is the time and the reason we need to defragment our storage device as well!
watermelonlhUse the metaphors on this site to demystify the geek-speak you hear every day. Understanding these concepts can save you a lot of time and frustration... and phone calls to "your" geek!
Ever have difficulty finding the best way to explain something to a friend or family member? You can probably find a great metaphor here that can help.
Think this site is awesome? Do you have what it takes to come up with an equally awesome metaphor? Open a pull request on our Github repo... we'll merge it in and create a summary image for you.
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