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Glossaries are mini dictionaries that improve literacy in a specialized space. Civic tech glossaries help de-mystify the specialized language and acronyms often used to describe tech and civic work.
Glossary of terms for constituent engagement
The 21st Century Vocabulary seeks to map and catalog the emergence of new terms to enable a more sophisticated public discourse on technology, innovation, and governance.
A now deprecated glossary of tech terms from the Mayor's CTO office
it's like a dictionary, but using analogies instead of definitions.
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