Ok, but the purpose of my explanation is not to be technically correct, but to get a manager to understand why programmers need to be undisturbed. So if it is a

Ok, but the purpose of my explanation is not to be technically correct, but to get a manager to understand why programmers need to be undisturbed. So if it is a little inaccurate, but accomplishes the goal, then I think developers should use it as needed.