Taxonomy vs Cheeseware - What's the difference?
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The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(computing, slang, pejorative) Exceptionally low-quality software.
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and cheeseware
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while cheeseware is (computing|slang|pejorative) exceptionally low-quality software.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
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* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologycheeseware
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(-)The New Computers in School", Strategic Finance , 1 September 2000:
- Perhaps most important, it has removed us even further from the "gee whiz!" mind-set that dominated our first reactions to computing--a frame of mind that made us so appreciative of the wondrous complexity of those putty-colored boxes that we became vulnerable to the half-baked, the beta, and even the well-marketed cheeseware .
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