Most commonly used words in IT

1. Supposed
I’m supposed to do that.
Here is how the system is supposed to work.
It was supposed to be so, but …

2. Figure out
We need to figure out how it works.
We need to figure out what is the root cause.

3. deal with
handle
manage
take care of
cope with

4. Behind the scenes
This is how the system works behind the scenes.
Let’t figure out how it works behind the scenes.

5. Allow
Eclipse allows you to compile Java codes.
MMC allows you to manage Mule.

6. Identify Locate
Locate the line in the file.
Identfy

7. Use
Employ
Utilize
Make use of

8. about
regarding
as to
as for
related to

9. once
once you are done, please do this next.

10. do
conduct
execute
perform
invoke

11. say
describe
mention
state
represent
layout
illustrate

12. such as
for example
say,

13. determine
define
specify

14. corresponding to
associated with

15. in terms of
from the xxx perspective,
from the point of xxx,

16. based on
according to

17. as follows
below
(as following.)

18. big picture
overview

19. on the same page
we have the common knowledge.

20. particular
a specific

21. consist of
compose
fall into

22. In addition
plus
besides that
aside from that

23. have nothing to do
no relation

24. While
While RMSj is easy, RMSg is tricky.

25. dig into
dig into the codes to locate the bug
dig into the documents to understand it
go through many things

26. beef up
beef up the documents
describe more

27. Single / Multi
The function is to delete a file. -> File file;
The function is to delete files. -> List<File> files;

28. best practice
de fact standard (de jure)
in practice, actually, but not officially regulated.
Common Practice