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Huge difference with this one is that it doesn't tries to be neutral or anything, this is my own file for notes and others to curiously look at, like the rest of my web and gemini content.
I'm avoiding the terms jargon and dictionary because they are specific terms, specially on how they are used.
Widespread network of programs automatically executing code pushed by a central authority that doesn't owns the machines it runs on, thus not asking for users' consent. Also known as "automatic updates" and "remote code execution", the latter being a security issue if it's not intended execution by the user.
Related: botnet10 for Windows10, Google botnet for Google Chrome, …
Software seen as malicious.
When not about the trademarked canned meat, it's about unwanted/unwarranted messages, which will often be repetitive, hence the term.
World directed by people who don't know how their way in an office, using people who can as enforcers
World directed by people who don't know how to use technology, using people who can as enforcers