@pteryx

I think it's useful to treat technical vocab separately in general and technical contexts? Quite often technical terms migrate into a general use with a related but slightly different meaning.

When non-tech people say "algorithm" they almost always mean a manipulative opaque system that messes around with their timeline in unclear ways.

Another example is "computer", which almost always means a laptop or desktop but technically it could mean a phone, watch, microwave etc etc.