Code Master An emergency-room doctor who excels at bringing people back from cardiac arrest.
Geekbone What a gadget geek gets when aroused by a new piece of hardware.
Memory Glasses Videocam-equipped eyeglasses attached to a wearable computer programmed to recognize certain faces and objects and tell the user (such as an Alzheimer's sufferer) what they're seeing.
Sideloading Transferring data files from one Internet site to another. New virtual storage sites such as i-drive let users sideload files from MP3.com to a personal remote directory (aka an "Internet drive").
Topic Spotting A feature found in an NSA software program called Semantic Forests that can sort through transcribed speech and search for phrases and specific concepts.
Tip o' the promo-swag cap to Alberto Gaitan, Paul McFedries, W. S. Michael Park, and Andrew Sasaki.
- Gareth Branwyn (jargon@wiredmag.com)
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