Exercise 1: Which terms do different audiences know?
Classify terms in the table below into one of the two following categories:
Know: At least 90% of people in this target audience
already know what this term means. Therefore, you can use this
term without having to first explain it.
Explain: At least 10% of people in this target audience
do not know what this term means. Therefore, you must avoid this
term, explain this term, or link to an explanation.
Terms
Target Audiences
Professional software engineers
Computer science majors starting their second year of undergraduate
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