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What Is The Official Terminology Called? (How to Learn Anything!)

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I was just thinking the other day how wonderful it is to just Google something and learn anything you want.

In fact, much of the difficulty in discovering something new is figuring out the official terminology for what it is you are seeking out. It is this key that makes the Google search powerful... without the correct terminology, the search will come up short with weak results.

Just to give you an example, you are creating a product with multiple components. You would like to have this components assembled automatically, versus having them hand aggregated.

What do you search for?

The answer is "Kitting" -- which is the correct lingo for product assembly.

Another example, you'd like your website to continual load new data, without having to click extra "Next" buttons. You see this is quite common on the web nowadays, and you'd like to do it. But what is that officially called?

It's called "infinity scrolling" and that is the Google search that would return optimum results.

So use this thread to help each other out... what are the official TERMS for things that people all recognize, but might not know their official names?

Please share.
 
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This is an excellent topic. I remember Google being useless to kids in my highschool because they would type a question into the query instead of a statement. I saw things like, "what do you call it when a molecule passes through a cell membrane".

I've got one, how about "Sales Funnel"? -- term for the metaphorical funnel of people as they go through the sales process. Interested people at the top, those who have taken delivery at the bottom.

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Cool thread idea.

I've got a question:

What is it called when I recieve orders from my customers,
order from a manufacturer and pay him AFTER I've got the money from my customers?
No upfront investment?
 
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What is it called when I recieve orders from my customers,
order from a manufacturer and pay him AFTER I've got the money from my customers?

Sounds like a simple credit arrangement. Most common is NET 30 ... pay by 30 days.
 
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Thanks for the fast answers!
Just to make sure I got this right:
With droppshipping and a NET30 arrangement I can be a wholesaler, with no upfront costs but a website and basically zero risk??

EDIT: Sorry for the stupid question, I was a little bit excited:embarrased:
Time to learn by doing
 
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Thanks for the fast answers!
Just to make sure I got this right:
With droppshipping and a NET30 arrangement I can be a wholesaler, with no upfront costs but a website and basically zero risk??

EDIT: Sorry for the stupid question, I was a little bit excited:embarrased:
Time to learn by doing

Yes
 

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This is exactly my problem, I have an idea for a website that could be successful however I don't have a computing background so I'm not sure what to learn first or if it's feasible. The website is a spin on a holiday activities directory and having asked my friends in computing they've given me vague answers like " you need to control data". Thats great, but what are the first steps I need to take/learn.

My idea is this , when travellers go on holiday to a destination say Spain, they can fill out a few fields such as, "where do you want to go ?" (If not then recommend the top places to visit),"what activities do you like doing" (sightseeing, restraunts, etc)," what is your total budget?", "what dates are you planning on going?" . Listing through these queries, my website will then churn out a travel itinerary with links to book the activities.

Is this a good idea ?Is this monetizable ? If so, what do I need to learn ?

If anyone could offer me advice that would be great, thanks.
 
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Interesting topic. And funny that I found it now.

This is my exact problem while learning to code. iOS app development.

You know what you want to do, but you have NO idea what is it called or which class give that method / property. Its frustrating to figure it out sometimes.
 

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Nice thread idea MJ.
That's the same reason why we need to ask good questions in real life in order to get good answers. Google's answer (search results) will only be as good as your question (search terms), the issue when learning about a new "thing" is that we are usually in a state where "we don't know that we don't know" , so a little research need to be conducted in order to know how to ask the right questions, this thread might be an epic one.
 

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how's...........?
what's..........?
where's.........?
and
why.............?
work still ok, if you don't know something.

The word "googol," a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Lucky googling. lol
 
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I always use the search ´Fat guy Hawaii´ to find this nice song to listen too.

Cool song, I listened to it many times on a TV show but never searched. Fat & Famous ;)
 

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Heh.

I spent about 3 years figuring out how to make a very specific sound for my music. (No I didn't google it every day.) Cracked the code just about a week ago.

I was looking for a FULL DRAWBAR HAMMOND B3 ORGAN WITH A CHORUS AND LESLIE SPEAKER. Then I had to find and get the plugins which could do this well.

Googling 'that sound with a fat organ that is like a vibrato-ey, churchy fat sound' doesn't work. And even on forums people don't have the answers very often since this is a sound that usually gets sampled.
 

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What search terms would you use to find a company that does custom manufacturing? Like making branded watches for you or making branded iPhone cases for you?
 

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Thanks for the fast answers!
Just to make sure I got this right:
With droppshipping and a NET30 arrangement I can be a wholesaler, with no upfront costs but a website and basically zero risk??

EDIT: Sorry for the stupid question, I was a little bit excited:embarrased:
Time to learn by doing
Wait, before you go all gung-ho not all manufactures are made equally and the reputable ones will probably have a minimum initial order of $500 or more.

In addition to that, you will need to provide evidence that you are a duly registered company.

try and find a manufacturer that will be able to integrate their inventory directly with your woocommerce account or else you will have no shortage of refunds due to out of stock.

Lastly choose your Niche VERY carefully, since it's online you will need have to make sure you can rank well and in a competitive industry where the major players are pr6+ you will just be throwing away money. Find one in the pr 3-4 range and you will have a good work reward ratio
 
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What search terms would you use to find a company that does custom manufacturing? Like making branded watches for you or making branded iPhone cases for you?

Sounds like you mean Original Equipment Manfucaturing (OEM) or Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) @risingtomillions
 

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For aspiring inventors:

You have an idea for a product, and you want to see it in the stores.
But what's the part between the idea in your head and putting the finished thing on the shelves called?

New Product Development (NPD), in rare cases also Product Engineering Process (PEP)

There is a "For Dummies" book on this topic, and google spits out a lot of pdfs.
Hope this helps someone.
 

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I was just thinking the other day how wonderful it is to just Google something and learn anything you want.

In fact, much of the difficulty in discovering something new is figuring out the official terminology for what it is you are seeking out. It is this key that makes the Google search powerful... without the correct terminology, the search will come up short with weak results.

Just to give you an example, you are creating a product with multiple components. You would like to have this components assembled automatically, versus having them hand aggregated.

What do you search for?

The answer is "Kitting" -- which is the correct lingo for product assembly.

Another example, you'd like your website to continual load new data, without having to click extra "Next" buttons. You see this is quite common on the web nowadays, and you'd like to do it. But what is that officially called?

It's called "infinity scrolling" and that is the Google search that would return optimum results.

So use this thread to help each other out... what are the official TERMS for things that people all recognize, but might not know their official names?

Please share.
When it comes to databases, there are a lot of normal forms that prevent data redundancy.
 
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What's it called when you sip a hot coffee prematurely or suck on too many sour candies and your tongue gets a rough "scratch" on it and you lose your taste for a short period of time?
 

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What's it called when you sip a hot coffee prematurely or suck on too many sour candies and your tongue gets a rough "scratch" on it and you lose your taste for a short period of time?
I think it's still just considered a good old fashioned burned tongue (even from sour stuff - it's acidic). Although, I'm sure there has to be some sort of scientific term for it since there seems to be for everything else.
 

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What's it called when you sip a hot coffee prematurely or suck on too many sour candies and your tongue gets a rough "scratch" on it and you lose your taste for a short period of time?
Why did the hipster burn his tongue?

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He drank his coffee before it was cool.
 
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what do you call that
person who have money,
yet still no love life?
 

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