Copyright 1995 by the Core Knowledge Foundation. Every field has its jargon, its specialized terms a phrases.
Lawyers have their writs, torts, and depositions.
Doctors speak not of cuts or scrapes but lesions. Computer specialists banter about baud rates, RAM, and downloading. In the legal, medical, and other scientific fields, such jargon is usually employed for the sake of technical accuracy. Many parents say that they sometimes find the jargon of education mystifying and intimidating. When I stop and think about it, I have to agree with them.