Same terms, different meaning
I find it somewhat amusing how I keep encountering terms that mean one thing in computers and something completely different in personal training. Here are some terms I have encountered in both fields:
| Term | Computer Meaning | Personal Training Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ACL | Access Control List | Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
| MVC | Model-View-Controller | Maximum Voluntary Contraction |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design | Coronary Artery Disease |
| ROM | Read-Only Memory | Range of Motion |
| Java | Programming language | Energy drink company |
| Set | Collection of distinct objects | Group of repetitions |
| Flex | SDK from Adobe | Hey baby, check out my guns! |
| Recovery | Something you have to perform when something bad happens | Normal physiological state following a workout |
| Traps | Synchronous interrupts in a user processes, usually caused by exceptional conditions | Trapezius muscle |
| Row | A single, implicitly structured data item in a table | A type of exercise working the back muscles |
| Curl | Command-line tool to access web resources | A type of exercise working biceps, hamstrings or forearms |
| Hack | Reconfiguring or reprogramming a system to function in ways not facilitated by the owner, administrator, or designer | A type of squat exercise |
| Cycle | Time period during which a computer processes a machine language instruction | A pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle |
| Ripped | Audio/video content copied from removal media to a hard drive | Possessing well-defined musculature |
| Superset | Set containing all elements of another set | Performing two or more exercises with similar motions with no rest period in between |
| Core | Independent processor on a processor chip | Body minus legs and arms |
And that’s pretty much where the similarities end.
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