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Subject:Re: Lingua Franca Today From:Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:53:35 -0800 (PST)
Why use such an esoteric phrase when "common language" or "common
protocol" would work and not require translation? I see no reason
whatsoever to use the phrase "Lingua Franca." It clearly confused your
readers.
While we on the topic of confusion, your description of BGP is inaccurate.
BGP allows routers to exchange routing information, similar to RIP. It
does not move network data at all. This is done via other protocols. BGP
merely allows a router in one network to know how to route packets to
another network.
"kelley" <kwalker2 -at- gte -dot- net> wrote in message news:136095 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> A question: I'd written a report with a section in it on router attacks,
> geared toward techs and the executives in an IT dept:
>
> "The border gateway protocol (BGP) is a critical component of the
> Internet's routing infrastructure. It serves as a lingua franca between
> routers made by different manufacturers. When a company needs to move
> information from Manhattan to Milan in the click of a mouse, routers
speak
> BGP to one another in order to move network traffic without losing it. "
>
> upon review, someone--an executive in the IT dept--wrote to ask what
lingua
> franca meant in geek speak. he thought it was a contemporary phrase from
> the geek world.
>
> so, i thought i'd stick a little sidebar/call out box in the report with
a
> brief history of the phrase.
>
> what exactly do we call the english that is the lingua franca of the
> contemporary corporate world?
>
> corporate english? business english? american english? ??
>
> thanks,
>
> Kelley
>
>
>
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