Yes. As an example of how we programmers are no different than mathematicians, consider terms like "service" (or "data"), which is pretty much our version of th

Yes. As an example of how we programmers are no different than mathematicians, consider terms like "service" (or "data"), which is pretty much our version of the variable "x". Some of the terms in our jargon get used and reused in so many contexts, it must appear nonsensical to an outsider.