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Request is a hugely overloaded term in computing systems. HTTP requests, Customer or Service Requests (which are an object in ERP systems). So corporate speec
by r00fus 6y ago
Request is a hugely overloaded term in computing systems. HTTP requests, Customer or Service Requests (which are an object in ERP systems).
So corporate speech has moved to using "ask" to model an actual request.
- pc86 6y agoYou think a lot of people mistake "I'm asking you to improve database response times by 25%" with an HTTP request?
- LZ_Khan 6y agoSurely executives aren't confusing their administrative requests with computing system concepts. The correct answer is simply that it's become a passive way of telling someone to do something. Instead of "Can you provide us a 25% growth this year" it is now "The ask is 25% growth this year."